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Cows seem to react more positively to women, and that’s helping drive a rush of females into the field
The Leader Telegram | Posted onDecember 28, 2017 in Agriculture NewsAmerica’s Dairyland is undergoing a bit of a revolution, and it has nothing to do with the words on Wisconsin’s license plate or even the size of farms.It’s about the cows — specifically who’s minding the animals in the barn.Increasingly, the folks caring for the cows, monitoring their health and managing the herd are women, according to agriculture educators in west-central Wisconsin.
Professors claim farmers’ markets cultivate racism: ‘Habits of white people are normaliz
The Washington Times | Posted onDecember 28, 2017 in Agriculture, Rural NewsTwo professors from San Diego State University claim in a new book that farmers’ markets in urban areas are weed-like “white spaces” responsible for oppression. Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando J Bosco are part of an anthology released this month titled “Just Green Enough.” The work, published by Routledge, claims there is a correlation between the “whiteness of farmers’ markets” and gentrification. “Farmers’ markets are often white spaces where the food consumption habits of white people are normalized,” the SDSU professors write, the education watchdog Campus Reform reported.
Bill Includes Language on Cottonseed, Dairy, Ag Disaster Funds
DTN | Posted onDecember 27, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsIt's been a long battle, but cotton farmers will finally get the opportunity to sign up cottonseed in an emergency disaster bill Congress is expected to pass before leaving town for the holidays.
Genetically Engineered Insects Next For Agriculture?
Ag Web | Posted onDecember 27, 2017 in Agriculture NewsWant to crash an insect population? Slip in a self-limiting gene and topple the family tree in two to three generations. The promise of biotech mosquitoes to combat the pest that spreads Zika, dengue and yellow fever grabs the headlines, but just off center stage, the same technology utilizing genetically engineered (GE) insects is being tested on U.S. farmland.
EPA nixes bid to herd livestock under Clean Air Act
Capital Press | Posted onDecember 27, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has denied a petition by environmental groups to regulate concentrated animal feeding operations like factories under the Clean Air Act. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, in a letter to petitioners, acknowledged livestock are potential sources of air pollutants. The agency, however, doesn’t have a reliable method for estimating animal emissions. Until it does, new rules could be unjustified and ineffective, according to Pruitt.
Wisconsin dairy farmers consider how to turn market around
edairynews | Posted onDecember 26, 2017 in Agriculture NewsDairy experts say Wisconsin farmers need to tip the scales of supply and demand back into their favor in order to get better prices, but producers are unsure of what methods to take.
Rural Puerto Rican communities continue to be underserved by U.S. agencies
Ag Policy | Posted onDecember 26, 2017 in Federal, Rural NewsAs we write this column in the week before Christmas 2017, it has been nearly three months since category 5 Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Unlike the Texas coast which was drenched with rainfall from Hurricane Harvey that just weeks earlier was measured in feet, some 40 percent of the island still is without electrical power and damage to major roads and bridges makes many communities on the island difficult to reach with most of those in rural areas. According to Refugee International, “the U.S.
California issues 1st licenses for legal pot market
Capital Press | Posted onDecember 26, 2017 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsCalifornia’s legal marijuana market is finally, fitfully, taking shape. The state on Thursday issued the first batch of business licenses to sell and transport recreational-use pot, just 18 days before legal sales will begin on Jan.
Texas A&M AgriLife invests $179 million to lead agriculture research for fifth year
Southwest Farm Press | Posted onDecember 26, 2017 in Agriculture NewsAgriLife Research, part of the Texas A&M University System, topped the rankings followed by the University of Florida at $154 million, University of California-Davis, $142.5 million, and Purdue University, $130.7 million.
Cargill looking to mentor farm-to-fork tech startups
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onDecember 26, 2017 in Agriculture NewsAn initiative backed by agricultural giant Cargill aims to fund and mentor startup companies focused on technologies that support the growing farm-to-fork trend, according to a press release about the effort. The Minnesota-based Farm to Fork Accelerator, co-funded by Ecolab and Cargill in partnership with venture capital firm Techstars, will focus on agriculture, food-related digital technology, food processing and food safety.