Newly appointed farm minister Norikazu Suzuki has hinted of a potential rethink of a policy to increase rice production advocated by the administration of former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/farm-minister-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #agriculture #rice #norikazusuzuki #shinjirokoizumi #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi
Alex Akselrod
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guess who’s been buying up #argentina's beef feedstock producers (hint: it’s howard lutnick's #stablecoin company #Tether)
* video of trump: https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1980459802632548586
* more on lutnick + argentina: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again
#adecoagro #javierMilei #uspol #beef #uspoltiics #agriculture #howardlutnick
guess who’s been buying up #argentina's beef feedstock producers (hint: it’s howard lutnick's #stablecoin company #Tether)
* video of trump: https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1980459802632548586
* more on lutnick + argentina: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/make-argentina-gold-again
#adecoagro #javierMilei #uspol #beef #uspoltiics #agriculture #howardlutnick
"When all is said and done, the White House hopes to provide $40 billion in rescue money for Argentina. …
Trump’s economic 'policy' has no real philosophy—it just involves throwing money at people he wants to help and tariffs at people he decides to punish. There’s no other rhyme or reason to it, and now even MAGA is starting to notice."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #Argentina #EconomicElites #taxpayers #economy #farmers #agriculture #beef
/5
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-for-me-argentina-heres-40b-trump-america-first-moo
"[Farmers] see that Donald Trump has to make a choice. And his choice is either: Is he going to screw over his billionaire friends in Argentina, or is he going to screw over the farmer? And he’s picking the billionaire."
~ Matt Hildreth of RuralOrganizing.org, whose family has farmed for genereations
#Trump #Argentina #EconomicElites #taxpayers #economy #farmers #agriculture #beef
/4
https://newrepublic.com/article/202097/trump-screwing-voters-badly-shocked-maga-farmer
Joel 🔪 May-Kill 🔪
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Interesting thing of the day was getting some insight from the business owner of the farm I work at how the various bits of the business hang together - 2 dairies, calf breeding for beef, holstein, and wagyu, cropping, rotational grazing and crops chosen, how many calves per year, how long they spend on each property and what for, milk solids yield on a seasonal basis and quality thereof, pregnancy success from AI (the good kind, not the dumb computer kind) program, sale rates, semen and bloodline import sources, water rights and licenses and percentage usage of that water to ensure compliance, plus water and dairy solid waste reuse.
Thing I was most fascinated by was the aggregation and normalisation of data from two sources (dairy management software and breeding management software) and seeing deep data dance in PowerBI.
Don't anyone ever think that a successful agricultural business isn't complex and that farming is hicks chewing on a grass stalk.
I've made it clear (I hope) to the owner that I'd jump at the chance to spend a little time working in different parts of the business to get better insight into how everything moves.
Interesting thing of the day was getting some insight from the business owner of the farm I work at how the various bits of the business hang together - 2 dairies, calf breeding for beef, holstein, and wagyu, cropping, rotational grazing and crops chosen, how many calves per year, how long they spend on each property and what for, milk solids yield on a seasonal basis and quality thereof, pregnancy success from AI (the good kind, not the dumb computer kind) program, sale rates, semen and bloodline import sources, water rights and licenses and percentage usage of that water to ensure compliance, plus water and dairy solid waste reuse.
Thing I was most fascinated by was the aggregation and normalisation of data from two sources (dairy management software and breeding management software) and seeing deep data dance in PowerBI.
Don't anyone ever think that a successful agricultural business isn't complex and that farming is hicks chewing on a grass stalk.
I've made it clear (I hope) to the owner that I'd jump at the chance to spend a little time working in different parts of the business to get better insight into how everything moves.
The average price of rice sold at supermarkets across Japan dropped for the fourth straight week, the farm ministry announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/japan/japan-supermarket-price-falls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff
With early shipments of rice from the 2025 harvest having reached the market, attention is turning to supply, demand and prices amid uncertainty over how this summer's weather will affect yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/new-rice-crop-competition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #shinjirokoizumi #maff
Aral Balkan
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Despite all the pain and destruction, we still hold on to hope. These photos show a glimpse of our daily life — my son Firas and I plant small plants beside our tent, trying to bring life back to our hearts. Your kindness can help us reach $300 and make our days brighter ❤️🙏
gofund.me/78acabc1
#Gaza #palstina #freepalestine #agriculture #plants #help #pleas
@aral @miguelpergamon
@oanab
Despite all the pain and destruction, we still hold on to hope. These photos show a glimpse of our daily life — my son Firas and I plant small plants beside our tent, trying to bring life back to our hearts. Your kindness can help us reach $300 and make our days brighter ❤️🙏
gofund.me/78acabc1
#Gaza #palstina #freepalestine #agriculture #plants #help #pleas
@aral @miguelpergamon
@oanab
The average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday fell ¥6 from the previous week to ¥4,205 per 5 kilograms, agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/rice-price-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #shinjirokoizumi #agriculture #supermarkets
maco
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Nothing can stop the solar energy revolution, greenhouse glass edition.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/
#solar #solarenergy #solarpower #agrisolar #agrivoltaic #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #renewableenergy #renewables #innovation #startups #energy #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen
Undeterred by major setbacks that recently befell the famed Kishu ume, or plums grown in Wakayama Prefecture, umeboshi pickled plum makers are working on developing new products using hail-damaged ume. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/wakayama-ume-farmers-overcome-hailstorms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #agriculture #wakayama
Nothing can stop the solar energy revolution, greenhouse glass edition.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/
#solar #solarenergy #solarpower #agrisolar #agrivoltaic #agriculture #farms #farming #sustainable #sustainability #renewableenergy #renewables #innovation #startups #energy #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen
While China's "Great Green Wall" campaign brings hope and economic development to the country's deserts, it also erodes ethnic Mongolians' traditional nomadism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/asia-pacific/china-great-green-wall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #mongolia #agriculture #environment
The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated Japanese politics for most of the postwar era, is in danger of crumbling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/politics/japan-ruling-party-ldp-in-danger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #farmers #agriculture #rurallife #rice #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #sanseito
Angela Antunovic
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‘It’s Such a Blessing’: The Farmers Embracing Solar Arrays
From summer squash to sheep’s wool, a variety of agricultural products may grow better beneath an awning of solar panels.
https://atmos.earth/climate-solutions/its-such-a-blessing-the-farmers-embracing-solar-arrays/
#solar #farming #SolarPower #agriculture #atmos #ClimateSolutions
Got some soy exports data from the United Nations FAO Statistics site. Impressive rise by Brazil starting in the late 1990s; Argentina looks tiny in comparison.
If China wants a reliable partner Brazil looks like the real deal.
And now, if we look at their trade with China during the last 40 years or so, we can see the major Trump I fiasco for US exports.
Dumb thing is that farmers voted for him... again.
Got some soy exports data from the United Nations FAO Statistics site. Impressive rise by Brazil starting in the late 1990s; Argentina looks tiny in comparison.
If China wants a reliable partner Brazil looks like the real deal.