Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Agriculture, Farming, and Food Reading Picks for this Week

Cocos ~ Indonesia

This Tuesday news thread is a weekly feature here at Big Picture Agriculture.
  1. Put the TV on: Photos of Americans eating dinner | Quartz
  2. Maine Farm stand thefts make farmers feel ‘sad for humanity’ | Bangor Daily News
  3. Scottsbluff, Nebraska Panhandle-transplant is a farmer of a different breed | Star Herald
  4. IGC cuts world grain output forecast by 11% | World-Grain
  5. It’s not just what U.S. farmland is foreign-held, it’s what’s the intentions are | AgDaily
  6. Solomon D. Butcher’s prairie photographs embrace homesteading life in all its complexity. | The Paris Review
    7. Note: The Nebraska prairie pioneer photographer that I'm so fond of, that I've been using on many Thursdays here on this site, is featured in The Paris Review! h/t Tam
  7. Worsening drought conditions in parts of US stressing crops | AP
  8. Inside Hampton Creek’s Empty Boardroom | Bloomberg
  9. Federal court hands ethanol industry big victory on EPA fuel mandate | Washington Examiner
  10. Roller Crimper Key in Organic No-Till System | Iowa NRCS
  11. Value of Water Is on the Rise | IPS
  12. Nebraska logs worst growth rate in U.S. due to slowdown in ag sector; Iowa not far behind | Omaha W-H
  13. AGCO to buy Monsanto's farm equipment business | Reuters
  14. Growers speak out over avocado thefts (aided by Google Maps!) | NZ Herald
  15. Exchange rate movements influence U.S. export competitiveness (Chart) | USDA
  16. In cold blow to US, Japan ups tariffs on frozen beef imports | AP
  17. To restore our soils, feed the microbes | The Conversation/Colorado State
  18. Almond tree acreage in California is now the size of Rhode Island at 1 million acres | AP
  19. Aerial View of Greece's Fish Farms | Wired
  20. Southern Corn Rust is in the Midwest Earlier than Ever | DTN
  21. US farmland overtakes timberland in investor returns | Agrimoney
  22. Crops that kill pests by shutting off their genes | ScienceDaily
    23. Quote: Plants are among many eukaryotes that can 'turn off' one or more of their genes by using a process called RNA interference to block protein translation. Researchers are now weaponizing this by engineering crops to produce specific RNA fragments that, upon ingestion by insects, initiate RNA interference to shut down a target gene essential for life or reproduction, killing or sterilizing the insects.
  23. Fertilizers, a Boon to Agriculture, Pose Growing Threat to U.S. Waterways | NYTs
  24. North Canada offers free land for farming due to global warming | Matangitonga
  25. People and wildlife now threatened by rapid destruction of central America's forests | Phys.org
  26. Archaeology shows there's more to millet than birdseed | Phys.org
  27. SoftBank Vision Fund Leads $200 Million Bet on Indoor Farms | Bloomberg
  28. About a third of U.S. food manufacturing jobs are in meat and poultry plants (Pie Graph) | USDA
  29. The Mad Cheese Scientists Fighting to Save the Dairy Industry | Bloomberg
  30. The Baraboo-based Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association is celebrating its 95th anniversary in livestock marketing | USAgnet
  31. Why drones may become as important to Iowa farmers as tractors | DesMoines Register
  32. Front Range scores another forward-looking agricultural-tech firm: Inocucor | Denver Post
  33. How cows are helping researchers fight HIV | Business Insider
  34. In 1967 James Wagner planted a mixture of grasses native to Nebraska on his farm near Winnetoon. Now, the prairie's well established, and he's ready to retire. | Norfolk Daily News
  35. California dairy farmer develops full-scale electric truck | Feedstuffs
  36. Buying Quality Hay Difficult for Western States with Added Demand for International Trade | Dairy Herd
  37. Potash Market Rebounds as Low Prices Drive Sales in Asia | Agweb
  38. Post-Conflict Colombia Seeks to Become Agricultural Powerhouse | Bloomberg
  39. Cash Rent Advice Around Iowa | WHO TV
  40. More and More Greeks Are Moving Out of Cities and Starting Over as Farmers | Earth Island Journal
  41. Using solar energy to irrigate your farm | New Vision
  42. This year's spraying of almond and pistachio trees update | Agfax
  43. Farmers in Minnesota and Wisconsin are now recycling millions of pounds of plastic | Star Tribune
  44. How BuzzFeed’s Tasty conquered online food | CNBC
  45. 'Freezer-to-table in 15 minutes or less': Omaha Steaks to introduce lineup of frozen skillet dinners | Omaha W-H
  46. Do Not Order Burgers at Restaurants - They’re overpriced and overwrought | Eater
  47. US Lags Far Behind in Banning Mercury Dental Health Hazard | IPS
  48. 42 flowers you can eat | Treehugger
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