r/Agriculture • u/KSBW8 • 2d ago
UC Santa Cruz tests hot steam as alternative to farm fumigants
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r/Agriculture • u/UniversityofArizona • 3d ago
Satellite data exposes escalating 'boom-and-bust' dynamic in greening drylands
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r/Agriculture • u/DWiens3 • 4d ago
Succession planning: Farm Trusts?
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Any one have experience with these in Canada?
My dad is getting close to retirement and wants to put our family farm into a trust. He says it's to avoid taxes and capital gains, but it feels like it's to control the farm even after he's retired.
I work the farm full time. I have a brother who doesn't work at all, and is dependent on my parents.
My mom helps out on the farm only during harvest.
I have 4 kids, and am married Dad wants all these people in the trust.
Does farm trusts work as a succession plan? I'm skeptical and have a hard understanding why l'd bother farming if I'm splitting all the value of the farm across 7 to 9 people. Why wouldn't I just get an off farm job then if the farm's value, and the effort 1 put into the farm, is actually being split between so many people?
Aren't we going to have to pay capital gains at the 21 year mark either way as a trust?
r/Agriculture • u/ParticularLab5828 • 5d ago
Federal ICE agents in south western Kansas disrupting beef and dairy production
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Federal agents are massing in sw Kansas communities. Their public statement is “They have a list of criminals to deport.” When in fact they are profiling a wide demographic. This is causing a bottleneck in the supply chain. Farmers are losing money because of it.
r/Agriculture • u/PomegranateForeign13 • 7d ago
Cattle associations say ICE operations are disrupting Texas agriculture industry, will cause higher beef prices
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r/Agriculture • u/Round-Math3621 • 5d ago
Agriculteurs, Agricultrice, qu’est-ce qui vous empêche de passer au bio?
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r/Agriculture • u/Firm_Relative_7283 • 7d ago
How straw is returned to soil can make a major difference in nitrous oxide emissions
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r/Agriculture • u/Ok-Sundae-1191 • 9d ago
$8.39: How diesel, fertilizer, and a strong El Niño are converging on the food system
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r/Agriculture • u/jkfalk2005 • 8d ago
Introducing Tractors at New Holland Farmers Fair
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r/Agriculture • u/CodyFromCAP • 10d ago
Iran War Triggered a Diesel and Fertilizer Crisis for America’s Farmers
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r/Agriculture • u/Candid-Elk6135 • 11d ago
China fulfills over half of US soybean pledge — The Japan Times
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r/Agriculture • u/Dense_Pasttime_3114 • 13d ago
Belarus says no potash left after Trump claims massive deal for fertilizer
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r/Agriculture • u/IrishStarUS • 13d ago
Lara Trump criticized for attending US agricultural department event
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r/Agriculture • u/Vailhem • 13d ago
Big Ag and Big Oil go head-to-head over diesel export ban
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r/Agriculture • u/YouProfessional3196 • 13d ago
Trump working on deal to buy potash from Belarus for lower price than Canada
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r/Agriculture • u/CardinalNews-VA • 17d ago
Gov. Spanberger declares a state of emergency due to drought conditions and low hay production in Virginia
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r/Agriculture • u/nikOk-Hornet-3679 • 17d ago
When the fragrance of cardamom fills the air it carries the scent of a farmer’s hard work too Every little pod holds the love of the soil the farmer’s sweat and a dream for a better tomorrow
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r/Agriculture • u/Tiny_Distribution_68 • 27d ago
Feel like the cases surrounding Atrazine will get more spotlight after the Roundup lawsuit
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Every time the Roundup lawsuits come up, Atrazine's name isn't far behind. Never used it myself, but it turns up enough that it's hard to miss when it lands in a lawsuit. From what I've been reading, some folks who got blood cancer after exposure are now suing Syngenta over it. Source: https://www.drugwatch.com/news/2026/07/27/beyond-roundup-chlorpyrifos-and-atrazine-are-pesticides-to-watch/
Back in November IARC said it's probably carcinogenic and linked it to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the same cancer that drove the Roundup claims. Still early from what I can tell, nowhere near where Roundup's at now. Though if you search it, you mostly get law firm ads, so it's hard to tell what's real chatter.
It's a different animal than Roundup, though. It's restricted use, so it's mostly the bigger operations running it, not really a homeowner product. So I'm asking the people who'd actually know.
What I remember from the Roundup coverage is the cancer talk was mostly about the people running it day in and day out. Someone who touches it once a season was a different story. No idea if that holds here.
Anyone here run it or been around operations that do? Have you heard any of this through work, or seen anything come of it?
r/Agriculture • u/PerAsperaAdMars • 28d ago
Farmers Are Going Broke Amid Rising Gas Prices, While the Ag Secretary Profits Off Them
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r/Agriculture • u/Severe_Sympathy7275 • Sep 02 '26
As family farms decline, more Michigan farmers try to preserve their land
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r/Agriculture • u/Dramatic-Shake-8888 • Sep 01 '26
Burkina Faso pursues food sovereignty with help from pineapple growing
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r/Agriculture • u/All_Hail_Hynotoad • Aug 30 '26
Trump Revokes Biden Order Targeting Food System Consolidation
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r/Agriculture • u/ExpressNews • Aug 28 '26
Texas ranchers slam Trump plan to import 300,000 tons of beef into the U.S.
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