http://ec2-34-197-6-90.compute-1.amazonaws.com 2026-04-28T06:40:53+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1660842133 8-18-22 Food doesn’t just magically show up at the grocery store.  If farmers and ranchers do not produce it, we do not eat.  I know that I have been writing about the rapidly growing global food crisis a lot lately, but that is because this really is a big deal.  All over the globe, agricultural production is going to be below expectations in 2022.  As a result, those of us that live in wealthy countries will pay much more for food in 2023, while many of those that live in poor countries will either deeply suffer or die. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1658858005 7-26-22   The war on food is part of the larger war to conquer the world. It is now patently obvious that it is an intentional attack. UN Technocrats use fear to drive the world to Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. TN identified the intensification of Technocracy’s war in 2015 and has been documenting it ever since. ⁃ TN Editor The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for sustainable development informs government policies to restrict farming and transform the food systems in different parts of the world, said Alex Newman, an award-winning international journalist who has covered this issue for over a decade. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1658170689 7-18-22   Joe Biden has until Sunday, July 17, to appoint a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) to mediate failed negotiations between the unions and the railroads, otherwise, America’s rail industry will come to a halt this upcoming week. Agriculture companies, including Foster Farms, are starting to get nervous as no more rail service means no more feed for their animals. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) says it expects that Biden will appoint a PEB in the final hour before the deadline. However, Biden is currently in Israel announcing new Palestinian aid and expressing support for a two-state “peace and safety” solution at some point in the future. Rail bottlenecks over the past several months are already impacting feed shipments, either with delays or cancellations. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1620923873 5-13-21 Have you ever considered going “off the grid” but felt as though you did not have enough property or acreage to do it? It turns out you really do not need that much land to grow a considerable amount of food – more than you might think, in fact. In the following episode of Brighteon Conversations with Mike Adams, the Ohio-based “Resistance Chicks” tell all about how they created an entire homestead on just one acre of suburban land in the Cincinnati area. What started as just two city girls helping their grandmother weed her garden eventually turned into an “obsession” with living off the land as much as possible. And in today’s world, that decision is proving to be timelier than the sister duo probably imagined. “We just have a passion for growing things,” the Resistance Chicks explain. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1618765790 4-18-21 Cooperation Humboldt, a transition initiative in Humboldt County in California, is providing mini-gardens for free to help communities in the state’s North Coast become self-sufficient and achieve food independence. The organization initially provided free lawn conversions but decided to shift its focus later on. Tamara McFarland, a leader within the cooperation, was concerned that the lawn conversion project failed to reach individuals who would benefit the most from growing their own food. Most of the people applying for lawn conversions were long-term renters and homeowners with a stable income and the privilege of starting a backyard garden. When the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit, the organization became even more motivated to move away from its lawn-conversion model, which required a number of volunteers working side-by-side for long stretches of time. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1591978948 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1590681201 5-24-20   After spending 17 years underground, as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre may emerge in parts of the eastern U.S. this year, Virginia Tech said in a news release. Residents in Southwest Virginia, parts of North Carolina, and West Virginia could witness such a rare phenomenon that has not occurred in much of the area since 2003 or 2004. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1586537229 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1585853014 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1583854502 3-9-20 Do you worry about your plants being infested by pests? Try planting marigolds near them. Gardeners have practiced “companion planting” where marigolds are planted around tomato plants for protection against insects. This practice isn’t new, but its effectiveness is now backed by science. In a recent study, researchers from Newcastle University’s School of Natural and Environmental Sciences in the U.K. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1574268837 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1573828468 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1573569431 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1571666189 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1571154843 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1570896003 10-12-19 How To Keep Birds From Eating Grass Seed (Easy and Effective Ways) Garden Guide Are you planning to get a new lush green lawn with a beautiful green grass carpet, but don’t know how to keep birds from eating … How To Keep Birds From Eating Grass Seed (Easy and Effective Ways) Read More » When To Harvest Butternut Squash (Avoid Plucking Unripe!!) Garden Guide Butternut squash is a part of cucumber family with hard outer layer and smooth sweet pulp inside. When it’s green and unripe, it does not … When To Harvest Butternut Squash (Avoid Plucking Unripe!!) Read More » How Soon Can You Mow The Wet Grass Without Damaging It Garden Guide So, you are wondering whether mowing the lawn when it’s wet is a good idea or not. There are so many different information and lots … How Soon Can You Mow The Wet Grass Without Damaging It Read More » When to Harvest Potatoes to Get the Most of It Garden Guide Last season, I decided to plant potatoes in my backyard, and everything went nice till it came time to harvest potatoes. I didn’t know when to … When to Harvest Potatoes to Get the Most of It Read More » Composting: How to Get Started (Without Stinking Your Home) Garden Guide When you have a garden, you get lots of organic waste such as fruits, vegetables, plant leaves, and branches. Rather than throwing it out into … Composting: How to Get Started (Without Stinking Your Home) Read More » How to Build Raised Garden Bed in 8 Easy Steps (Right Way) Garden Guide Raised garden beds are beneficial for people who have limited space or want to increase their plant yield without much hassle. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1570631972 10-9-19 he globalised industrial food system that transnational agri-food conglomerates promote is failing to feed the world. It is responsible for some of the planet’s most pressing political, social and environmental crises. Whether it involves the undermining or destruction of what were once largely self-sufficient agrarian economies in Africa or the devastating impacts of soy cultivation in Argentina, localised, traditional methods of food production have given way to global supply chains dominated by policies which favour agri-food giants, resulting in the destruction of habitat and peasant farmer livelihoods and the imposition of a model of agriculture that subjugates remaining farmers and regions to the needs and profit margins of these companies. Many take as given that profit-driven transnational corporations have a legitimate claim to be custodians of natural assets. There is the premise that water, seeds, land, food, soil, forests and agriculture should be handed over to powerful, corrupt transnational corporations to milk for profit, under the pretence these entities are somehow serving the needs of humanity. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1567085771 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1565969373 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1565962445 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1565709394 8-12-19 Now that the 2018 Farm Bill has legalized the cultivation of hemp, farmers want to know the best ways to grow the crop. Researchers at land grant universities share what they have learned from their experiments while acknowledging they still have much to learn and re-learn about hemp farming. Hemp previously saw widespread cultivation in the United States under the name “hashish.” When hemp farming got banned during the 20th century, much of the knowledge base ended up lost. The U. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1565708198 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1561816195 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1561041367 6-18-19 Farmers in Illinois whose land has been thrashed by flooding have given up on planting.  Instead of growing food, they decided to throw a party. And who could blame them? The storms that have caused major flooding in Illinois have forced farmers to give up on their crops. Forecasts for even more rain also sent corn futures to a 5-year-high, bringing the food crisis ever closer to reality. Few farmers will even see a benefit from the higher prices because they can’t even get their corn planted in the ground. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1560869641 6-18-19 Hi Steve The situation with the farmers and agricultural businesses is worse than is being reported. My dad is a farmer in Ohio who for the first time in his life is not planting his crops and is taking no planting insurance. The insurance will only be enough to maybe break even. The farmers who have contracts to rent ground still owe the rent to the landowner even if they aren't planting anything unless the landowner agrees to lower the rent for the year. He said most of what has been planted hasn't been planted in optimal ground conditions which will decrease yields and could have trouble maturing and producing a decent crop. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1560012288 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1560002680 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1559916245 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1559230713         Your support needed to help end industrial fish farms. When you hear “factory farm” you probably think cows and pigs and chickens.   But there’s another type of factory farm, one that pollutes our oceans and produces one of the most toxic foods in the world: industrial ocean fish farms.   TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress: Support the “Keep Fin Fish Free Act” to Ban Industrial Ocean Fish Farms TAKE ACTION     Industrial fish farms endanger human health and the environment. Yet their numbers are growing, to meet the growing demand for salmon, in both grocery stores and restaurants. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1559136478 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1558798538 5-35-29 A Beautiful Thing   Progress is a beautiful thing. Progress toward restoring the Earth’s natural cycles as the best way to avert a full-blown climate crisis—and solve a multitude of other looming crises in the process—is beautiful beyond words. It was five years ago that a small but determined band of food, farm, natural health and climate activists gathered in New York at the massive People’s Climate March to launch a new global network: Regeneration International. Regeneration International, and the global Regeneration Movement, have come a long way since then. In this week’s essay, Ronnie outlines some of the progress this growing movement has made. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1558193980 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1555166519 4-12-19 Put this one in the category where other California outrages reside: A court fight has erupted because Marin County is demanding that in return for a building permit for a farmhouse, the occupant must promise to farm his land … forever. At least that’s what “perpetuity” usually means. The Pacific Legal Foundation is helping Arron and Arthur Benedetti challenge Marin County’s “new forced-farming mandate that requires landowners to remain personally engaged in commercial agriculture in perpetuity as a condition of granting a building permit.” The brothers’ father, Willie Benedetti, was challenging the policy before he died last fall and bequeathed the two pieces of land that triggered the lawsuit to his sons. “The mandate would have forced Willie to choose between working forever on his farming businesses, Benedetti Farms and Willie Bird Turkeys, or retiring and giving up his property. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1554908732 4-9-19 Throughout most of the country, it’s actually a “crime” to sell farm-fresh food and other homemade edibles to others without the government’s permission – which is typically contingent upon paying hefty fees and wading through lots of bureaucratic red tape. But in West Virginia, those fees and red tape are now a thing of the past. Senate Bill 285, which was passed on March 7, 2019, and is set to take effect 90 days later, amends the Code of West Virginia to allow for the sale of homemade food items that are exempt from large-scale licensure, permitting, inspection, packaging, and labeling laws – just so long as such products bear a simple label explaining that they’re homemade, and that clearly list ingredients, warnings about possible allergens, and contact information for their producers. Following the lead of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Utah, all of which have passed similar food freedom laws, West Virginia decided that highly-restrictive regulations designed for large-scale food producers unfairly penalize and place at a disadvantage home growers, most of whom have minimal resources to purchase “permission” from the government to sell their goods. This new law will now allow them to sell their food either online or in person without licenses or inspections, with no limits on how much food they can legally sell – save for meat-containing items, which are subject to minimal restrictions. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1552322483 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1552058810 3-7-19 Even as the American farming sector hobbles through its worst debt crisis since the 1980s, socialist airhead Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is calling for all farming equipment that runs on combustion engines to be outlawed as part of her utopian Green New Deal (GND) proposal. According to the latest figures, the collective debt among American farmers has now reached an astounding $409 billion, up from $385 billion last year. This represents the highest debt level since the agricultural recession, or farm crisis, of the 1980s, reports indicate. “Farm debt has been rising more rapidly over the last five years, increasing by 30% since 2013 – up from $315 billion to $409 billion, according to USDA data, and up from $385 billion in just the last year – to levels seen in the 1980s,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently told the public. “Relatively firm land values have kept farmer debt-to-asset levels low by historical standards at 13. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1551719026 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1551452611 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1551284770 2-26-19 Home gardening is a popular stress-relieving hobby: it offers many benefits, such as letting you spend more time outdoors and being a source of fresh fruits and vegetables. According to a study, gardening’s therapeutic benefits may be due to Mycobacterium vaccae (M. vaccae), which is bacteria found in the soil. The study, which was published in the journal Neuroscience, was a collaborative effort between researchers from the University of Bristol (UoB) and University College London (UCL). Mycobacterium vaccae and serotonin The researchers involved in the study wanted to determine if there was a connection between soil exposure and a reduction in depression. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1548955248 1-31-19 Recycling organic matter into soil conditioning, fertilization and enrichment material requires a process that is known as composting. It’s a technique that uses living organisms to enrich the soil needed by plants in order to grow and stay healthy. Composting is a healthy and inexpensive way to help the environment as well as cut down on the need for inorganic fertilizers and some types of pesticides. It’s also something that both adults and children can do. To get the best out of composting, it’s necessary to understand how it’s done and what is needed to make it happen. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1548954913 1-31-19 Whether gardening is a part-time passion or a full-time pursuit, a greenhouse can help you expand and explore your planting interests. Building a greenhouse can extend your growing season and protect the plants inside from harsh weather. With a greenhouse, you: Don’t have to choose between fruits, vegetables or flowers — in a greenhouse, you have the freedom to grow whatever you choose. Can stay organized by keeping your tools, materials and plants under the same roof. Aren’t subject to seasons, weather patterns and droughts. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1546532481 1-3-19 People were gardening long before someone invented a way for you to grow tomatoes on your patio. It was how they ate. A source of nourishment. It was how they survived. We’re no longer a society where everyone needs to grow their food to survive. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1545495453 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1542127566 11-13-18 Languages Tuesday, November 13, 2018 INTER PRESS SERVICE News Agency News and Views from the Global South                   Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & the Caribbean Middle East & North Africa North America Global Home Development & Aid Aid Education Energy Health Food & Agriculture Humanitarian Emergencies Poverty & SDGs Population Economy & Trade Financial Crisis Green Economy Labour Natural Resources Trade & Investment Cooperatives Environment Advancing Deserts Biodiversity Climate Change Green Economy Water & Sanitation Human Rights Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Democracy Indigenous Rights LGBTQ Migration & Refugees Press Freedom Religion Global Governance Civilisations Find Alliances Eye on the IFIs Global Geopolitics Globalisation Peace South-South United Nations South-South G77 Regional Alliances Southern Aid & Trade Civil Society Active Citizens World Social Forum Conferences Gender Gender Violence Women & Economy Women & Climate Change Women’s Health Gender Identity Women in Politics Africa, Biodiversity, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Food Sustainability, Headlines, Natural Resources, Projects, Regional Categories, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Lack of Funds Prevent Ugandan Communities from Investing in Cage Aquaculture By Wambi Michael Reprint |        | Print | Send by email Fishermen on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria. Uganda has ventured into non-traditional methods of fishing on the lake with a few of companies using cage fishing. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS JINJA, Uganda, Nov 12 2018 (IPS) - Colvince Mubiru had heard about cage fish farming on Uganda’s lakes. The small business owner decided to try his hand at it and spent USD8,000 to set up farming cages for Nile Tilapia on Lake Victoria, expecting to reap a huge profit. But just six months into his enterprise, he made huge losses. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1538493968 10-1-187 Global food production has been a significant issue for years. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in its “The future of food and agriculture – Trends and challenges” report for 2018, lists the challenges that face modern agriculture. One of the challenges presented is the need to make food systems “more efficient, inclusive, and resilient” in order to cope with growing demand of the population. With this growth, low-income countries play catch-up, often using their farmland to meet food preferences of the global market, leaving them with little to no domestic food source and with products that are at times higher than what they can afford. Additionally, the FAO report also pointed to our current practices as a challenge for agriculture. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1533745976 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1526570462 5-15-18 Call for First Ever Ban on Factory Farming in New National Campaign – and you can join too!  Listen to Article DES MOINES, IA – A group of farmers, advocates and community leaders gathered in Iowa yesterday to announce the launch of a national campaign to ban factory farming. Factory farming facilitates an unjust, corporate-driven food system that results in unethical, unsafe and polluting food production practices. The call for a ban on factory farming is a decisive step necessary to protect all Americans from the dangers of unsustainable food animal production. Factory farms exacerbate climate change and contribute to public health crises, release dangerous toxins into the air we breathe and the water we drink, disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color, and create dangerous and unhealthy conditions for workers and animals. The rise of factory farms in our nation has transformed rural and economically diverse communities into agribusiness-controlled nightmares. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1525971384 5-9-18 Florida residents Hermine and Tom are being fined $50 a day simply for growing vegetables in the front yard of their home. Sign now if you agree that Americans should be free to decide where they want to grow food on their property.           Like millions of other Americans, we’re gardeners. For 17 years, we’ve put food on our table by growing fruits and vegetables in our garden. But now, a city in Florida is telling us we’re breaking the law. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1524850412 The United States was once the world’s leading wheat exporter, but now is losing its position to Russia and Canada due a stronger dollar, stagnant yields, rising competition and … AND GMO from RT:  President Putin walks through wheat field in southern Russia’s Krasnodar Region © RIA Novosti / Reuters According to analysts, exports of wheat may drop 9.3 percent to 21.1 million metric tons in the season ending May 31, the lowest since 1972. “We’re no longer going to lead in volume every year,” said Alan Tracy, president of US Wheat Associates told Bloomberg, adding that an increase in global wheat trade was the only hope for the country.   Nearly forty percent of the US crop goes for export, according to the Department of Agriculture. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/agriculture_gardening/news.php?q=1524848221 4-26-18 There’s a reason Monsanto is one of the most hated companies in the world, and it goes far beyond the damage its products have done to the environment and human health. Indeed, Monsanto’s control over our food supply is destroying farming itself, and the repercussions for all of us could be devastating. The biotech firm likes to think of itself as a pioneer, and its “contributions” to agriculture certainly are revolutionary – in all the wrong ways. Those who are familiar with their practices would laugh at their claim of “improving farmers’ lives” if it wasn’t so downright offensive. After all, pushing them to suicide isn’t an improvement by anyone’s definition of the word.