#commercialagriculture — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/479576/ Museveni wants diaspora cash channelled into production #$500BillionEconomy #Australia #BalaamBarugahara #CommercialAgriculture #DiasporaInvestment #DorothySamaliHyuha #industrialisation #manufacturing #Melbourne #MillyBabalanda #Technology #tourism #Uganda #Uganda64thIndependenceCelebrations #UgandaEconomy #UgandaAustraliaTrade #UgandanDiaspora #YoweriMuseveni

National Agricultural Law Center: UADA news release: Who controls your farm data? NALC webinar examines emerging state laws. “The webinar, titled ‘Agricultural Data Rights: A New State Law Landscape,’ will examine how new state laws are addressing agricultural data ownership and monetization rights among various participants in the agricultural technology creation and usage chain. The one-hour, […]

Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy: Introducing: the EU Agriculture and Climate Dashboard. “The Dashboard explores key aspects of the intersection between agriculture and climate change, drawing together publicly available data in illustrated form to show where EU countries are making progress — or falling short — on agriculture and climate goals. The Dashboard compiles data that’s […]

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Nebraska Digital Ag Hub to develop solutions for state’s ag producers. “The Nebraska Digital Ag Hub, announced during Husker Harvest Days, brings together Husker researchers, Nebraska Extension professionals, instructional faculty, staff, students, producers, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, and state and federal partners to develop technologies with […]

USDA: USDA NASS Modernizes Data Visualization with Launch of AgInsights. “AgInsights integrates tabular data, charts, and maps into a single web-based interface, providing a comprehensive and interactive way to explore data, which was previously spread across different formats. Users can access comprehensive tabular data views similar to traditional PDF reports, but with added interactivity, […]

Ars Technica: I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.. “Over the last decade, John Deere has become a big target of the ever-growing right-to-repair movement. The company’s high-tech software systems also come equipped with digital locks, which require official, dealer-sanctioned approval to access. If you want to fiddle with a part, or replace […]

Cal Matters: Fact check: Is Sam Altman right that almonds use more water than ChatGPT queries?. “On the Sources Podcast with Alex Heath released Tuesday, Altman said that it takes 38,000 ChatGPT queries to use as much water as producing a single almond in California. ‘If you look at a modern very large data center, it uses the equivalent amount of water as an office building in terms of, you […]

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA): NASDA and NALC roll out new data on agricultural bankruptcy. “This week, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Law Center announced the launch of Data on Economic and Bankruptcy Trends in Agriculture (DEBT), a data project that aims to provide a more comprehensive view of […]

Reuters: Senate Democrats question USDA about data errors, staff losses. “In July, the ⁠USDA reported a nearly 500% jump in weekly U.S. beef export sales before revising the figure down by 90% a ​week later, calling it ‘an isolated processing issue.’ The beef export sales error was the latest of a series of questionable USDA reports amid ​concerns about data quality after staffing losses […]

Hackaday: Grading Tomatoes With An ESP32 And ML. “If you’ve ever worked with produce, you might know about grading. In addition to deciding if, say, a strawberry is good or not, they also have to sort them by color. Turns out, you don’t care if one package of berries is a bit redder than another, but you do care if one package has too much color variation. [Pmalfa31] applied an ESP32 and […]

TechSpot: Farmer trusted AI after it gave good advice, then it helped wipe out 25 acres of his crops. “Most readers of this site know not to blindly trust AI on important matters, even if it got things right before. A farmer in Chuzhou, China, discovered this the hard way when he took weed and pest control advice from a chatbot. The result was the death of 25 acres of crops.”

University of Warwick: Warwick researchers power AI-driven pest monitoring for UK vegetable growers. “Researchers at the University of Warwick are helping to develop an artificial intelligence-powered pest monitoring system that enables UK vegetable growers to detect damaging insect pests earlier.”

University of British Columbia: UBC seaweed-derived coating keeps strawberries fresher than a fridge. “University of British Columbia researchers have developed an edible, seaweed-derived coating that can keep strawberries fresh for at least four days at room temperature, outperforming uncoated berries stored in the fridge. The breakthrough could help address one of the food industry’s most […]

ZALF: LTE Data Rescue Success: 25 Years of Data Digitized . “Almost 90 years of long-term experiments (LTEs) at the Research Station of Thyrow of the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU) serve as the foundation for a valuable dataset in the BonaRes Repository.”

FAO: FAO launches CropSuit app to help farmers grow the right crops in the right places. “The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched CropSuit, a free web-based application that combines soil information with climate information, topography, land cover and other environmental data to identify the crops most likely to perform well in a given location.”

https://www.europesays.com/africa/326577/ Economic Transformation Key to Africa’s Defence, Museveni Tells NDC-U Graduates #AfricaDefenceCapabilities #CommercialAgriculture #EconomicTransformationUganda #MoneyEconomy #NationalDefenceCollegeUganda #NationalSecurityAndStrategicStudiesCourse #NDCUGraduation #SocioEconomicTransformation #SubsistenceAgricultureUganda #Uganda #UgandaPeoples’DefenceForces #UgandaSecurity #UPDFModernisation #WealthCreationUganda #YoweriMuseveni

Sun Journal: Maine’s roadside farm stands now have their own map. “[Mike] Connery spent a weekend building the Farmstands Guide website… with a form for anyone to add their own stand. It now has more than 100 listings and averages 300 users a month.”

Rural Jersey: Two Centuries Of Jersey’s Rural History Now Just A Click Away!. “The Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society (RJA&HS) has launched a new digital archive… The archive, available on the Society’s website, contains more than 15,000 historic images and documents, including annual reports, magazines, newsletters, photographs and records documenting the Island’s […]

Polk County Florida Clerk of Court: Polk County Clerk & Comptroller Preserves Historic Cattle Brand Book for Future Generations. “Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller Stacy M. Butterfield, CPA, is preserving a unique piece of Polk County’s agricultural history through the restoration, preservation, and digitization of the historic Cattle Brand Books. The collection includes […]

Daily Herald: Illinois grant helps preserve Elgin’s ‘Butter Capital’ legacy through digital archives. “The Gail Borden Public Library District recently announced that a vital piece of local heritage, The Elgin Dairy Reports (1892-1903), have become fully digitized and freely accessible. Following a year of meticulous preservation work funded by a state grant, this one-of-a-kind historical […]

404 Media: Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor. “The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliable tractors that they can actually fix without having to deal with John Deere’s repair monopoly. A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What if they made a new, […]

NOTUS: USDA Moves to Shutter Maryland Research Facility. “The Agriculture Department announced plans Thursday to shut down a massive federal research complex in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the objection of members of Congress. The department will begin decommissioning the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre federal research complex that has operated since 1910 and […]

Tennessee Department of Agriculture: Pick Tennessee Products Unveils New Website to Better Connect Consumers with Local Producers . “The website redesign follows continued growth in the Pick Tennessee Products program, which includes nearly 3,200 active members. The updated site focuses on improving the user experience and strengthening connections between Tennessee consumers and local […]

Market Talk: Checkoff Launches Online Database To Help Farmers Find Grant Opportunities. “The dairy checkoff’s new online tool is designed to help dairy farmers and their advisors more easily identify grants and funding opportunities for conservation and on-farm improvements. The Funding Opportunities Database, available through the Dairy Conservation Navigator, organizes federal, state and […]

Associated Press: Some West African farmers turn to TikTok as part of agriculture’s changing image. “[Pape] Fall is one of millions of farmers in West Africa believed to be using TikTok and other social media to do business, share ideas and change the perception of agriculture as the work of poor people in this part of the world.”

International Atomic Energy Agency: Mutant Variety Database for Climate-Smart Crops Enhanced with New Tools and Features. “A global database of new crop varieties developed by mutation breeding has been upgraded and expanded to include data on mutant microbial bacteria and fungi strains as well as mutant plant varieties. The Mutant Variety Database (MVD) now offers enhanced tools to support […]

DigitalNC: Embrace Your Passion for Peanuts with New Issues of the Peanut News!. “Thanks to our partners at the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, Inc., a new batch of newspapers is now available online! A total of 85 issues of the Virginia-Carolina Peanut News from 1993 to 2023 have been added to DigitalNC.”

Reuters: Analysis-USDA’s reputation suffers after massive revisions in US corn acres. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture, long the world’s gold standard for crop estimates, faces mounting doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders and economists following deep staff losses and a sharp upward revision in how many acres of corn were harvested.”

UC Davis: Coffee Industry Leaders Give Major Collections to UC Davis Library. “The donations to the UC Davis Library are from Gerald ‘Jerry’ Baldwin, co-founder of Starbucks and former president of Peet’s Coffee; Russ Kramer, president of Hacienda La Minita and veteran of Green Mountain Coffee; and the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). The materials — including rare books, photographs, […]

Press Democrat: World’s largest database of historic vines nears 9,500 vineyards. “The Old Vine Registry, the world’s largest database of landmark vineyards, is approaching 9,500 listings, nearing its goal of 10,000 vineyards by June 2027…. Searchable by country, region, vineyard name, grape variety and more, the registry’s website provides a remarkable look at many of the world’s […]

CATIE: Launch of the Coffee Agroforestry E Library. “This January 19 marks the launch of the Coffee Agroforestry E Library ‑the world’s first comprehensive online database dedicated to scientific literature on shade-grown coffee, also known as agroforestry.”

University of Missouri: Open-source drone technology will democratize precision agriculture. “A technological innovation from a pair of Mizzou Engineering researchers will make precision agriculture faster and more accessible, unlocking opportunities for smallholder farmers everywhere Dewi Kharismawati grew up in a small village in Indonesia, where her father and most people she knew worked the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/28/university-of-missouri-open-source-drone-technology-will-democratize-precision-agriculture/

DigitalNC: Go Nuts with The Peanut News!. “Thanks to our new partners at the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, Inc., we are excited to announce that over 150 new issues of The Virginia-Carolina Peanut News are now available on our website! These newspapers, ranging from 1955 to 1992, offer planting and harvesting tips, market advice, and updates on the latest technology.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/23/digitalnc-go-nuts-with-the-peanut-news/

Government of Australia: Tracking the flow of food: How the Pacific Food Trade Database is helping with regional planning. “The database provides, for the first time, a clear and consistent picture of food and beverage trade across the Pacific region…. Its core objective is to create a regionally consistent time series of food and beverage imports and exports as detailed and accurate […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/06/tracking-the-flow-of-food-how-the-pacific-food-trade-database-is-helping-with-regional-planning-government-of-australia/

University of Wyoming: UW Extension Releases Local Foods Database. “University of Wyoming Extension has released the inaugural Wyoming Specialty Crop Directory (WSCD) online database, a comprehensive new resource that strengthens Wyoming’s local food movement by connecting consumers with producers across the state. The 2025 WSCD database has nearly 1,100 listings, including many for producers […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/13/university-of-wyoming-uw-extension-releases-local-foods-database/

Food & Beverage Industry News: MLA launches social media academy to uncover ambassadors. “Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is launching a new Social Media Academy to create the next batch of influential red meat ambassadors. MLA is calling for producers to sign up to the Social Media Academy.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/04/food-beverage-industry-news-mla-launches-social-media-academy-to-uncover-ambassadors/

#Maine #agriculture #CommercialAgriculture #OrganicFood #SmallBusiness

Sun Journal: Unity-based farmers, gardeners group improves database

https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/11/24/unity-based-farmers-gardeners-group-improves-database/

#agriculture #CommercialAgriculture #Canada #livestock #research

University of Manitoba: New website a valuable resource on livestock production research

https://news.umanitoba.ca/new-website-a-valuable-resource-on-livestock-production-research/

#California #agriculture #CommercialAgriculture #ClimateChange #CropPhenology

University of California Fruit & Vegetable Preservation Resources: New interactive web tools help growers cope with climate change

https://fruitandvegetable.ucdavis.edu/index4.cfm?blogasset=2231&sharebar=email&blogstart=472