#farming

Voteinorout 🇺🇸voteinorout
2026-03-15

's war in Iran has led to the Strait of Hormuz shutdown, spiking diesel and fertilizer costs. This affects farmers like Billy and Greg Bridgeforth, causing higher grocery prices.

Since the war began, diesel prices soared from $2.99 to $5.02 per gallon, impacting farm operations and food transport. Fertilizer costs also rose 30% in a week, affecting spring planting.... instagr.am/p/DV4ln3RD-y4/

Miguel Afonso Caetanoremixtures@tldr.nettime.org
2026-03-14

"Digital tools in farming are a big business, with the market worth about $30 billion last year and forecast to nearly triple to $84 billion by 2034. Tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Alibaba all have AI programs to tap this growing market.

Yet there is a risk that AI becomes a new form of digital colonialism, experts have warned, with big tech firms extracting data from poor communities to train a proprietary model and then selling a service or product back to them. Tech companies are already working with large agriculture firms to influence what crops are grown and how, according to the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank. Focusing on only the most productive and profitable crops — corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes — can wreck local food systems and hurt farmers, it said.

This is what organizations must guard against, Gandhi said. If AI optimizes only for short-term yields and ignores larger issues such as water depletion, soil degradation, or energy use, it can erode long-term resilience.

“An AI system can perform technically well and still fail farmers if it ignores economic and ecological realities,” he said. “The real measure of AI in agriculture is whether it strengthens farmer agency, improves profitability, supports sustainability, and works for women and men. That depends entirely on building with farmers, not just for them.”"

restofworld.org/2026/ai-agricu

#AI #Farming #GlobalSouth #DigitalColonialism

G Kearneygkearney@c.im
2026-03-14

GOP cuts in federal food aid scramble passage of long-delayed farm bill #farming #agriculture #farmbill #GOP #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney

2026-03-14

Forever Pesticides? No thanks

Under the excuse of competition & #food security, the #EU commission is siding with #chemical industry which could mean more #pesticides on our fields

PFAS, #glyphosate, #acetamiprid … all the chemicals scientists have been warning us about for years

The #toxicity, increased chance of #death & #disease are just some of the consequences of the use of these chemicals

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/g

#poison #farming #cancer #PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #health

2026-03-14

Jeremy Clarkson announces devastating death after Clarkson’s farm locked down | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV

Jeremy Clarkson addressed the fate of his Diddly Squat farm after news of a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak on…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Clarkson’sFarm #DiddlySquatFarm #donkeylaminitis #farming #JeremyClarkson #tuberculosisoutbreak #UK #UnitedKingdom
newsbeep.com/433526/

China Business Forumcnbusinessforum@mstdn.business
2026-03-13

[#TRADESHOW] #World #Irrigation #Technology #Conference & #China #International Irrigation Technology #Exhibition 2026 will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2026, at China National #Convention #Center (#CNCC) in #Beijing. As a premier #global #platform #expo dedicated to irrigation technology and #smart #agriculture, the #event brings together #leading #innovators across the entire agricultural #water #management and #digital #farming #ValueChain. cnbusinessforum.com/event/worl

2026-03-13

The 13k sandwich. Now I'm hungry (and I kinda want to recreate it myself...)

youtube.com/watch?v=Ge-RxCjyHh8

#cooking #farming #sandwich #HTME

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Ken Everett (Ken's Blogspot)kensbookinfo
2026-03-12
The Many Voices of Anne AhlertTheManyVoices
2026-03-12

are some of the biggest benefactors from . In the USA, farmers can get paid thousands of dollars for each wind turbine on their land. This is a reliable source of income in an industry that gambles heavily on the weather and market prices.

cleanenergy.org/news/wind-powe

@randahl

2026-03-12

#IranWar and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is and will continue to impact farmers in the US and worldwide. 40% of the worlds #fertilizer comes from the #MiddleEast. Plus, farmers move much of their produce via truck and train - so increased fuel costs will be passed along to consumers, increasing #inflation. In addition to costing $1 billion per day, #TrumpsWar will take an untold toll on US consumers as well as the global economy. #farming #farms #Agriculture

youtube.com/watch?v=oYP9ygJ72O

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