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Excerpt from this story from Smithsonian Magazine:

In the Upper Midwest, it’s the time of year when corn is getting high in the field and the days feel languid. As a heat wave moves out of the region and residents start to cool off from the oppressive temperatures and humidity that broke records on Tuesday, the internet is abuzz with talk of a phenomenon that might be making things even stickier: so-called “corn sweat.”

“Using the term ‘corn sweat’ is kind of funny,” Illinois State Climatologist Trenton Ford tells AGDAILY’s Braeden Coon. “It’s not perfect as with most metaphors. Humans and a few other animals will perspire when we get hot, and sweat is evaporated off our skin. What corn does is a bit of a different process.”

The technical term for that biological process is evapotranspiration, and all plants—not just corn crops—do it. As part of evapotranspiration, plants take in water via their roots, transport it through their tissues and then release water vapor into the air. The process is critical for the plant’s metabolic health and for shuttling nutrients in the water from root to leaf.

But with the nation’s largest corn-producing states concentrated in the Midwest, that moisture can add up. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a single acre of corn can add 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water into the atmosphere each day during the growing season, and high temperatures increase transpiration rates.

For context, farmers planted 91.5 million acres of corn in 2024, of which only about 20 percent is grown for human consumption. Of that fraction, most goes to producing high fructose corn syrup and other processed foods. The majority of the country’s corn is used in animal feed and ethanol-based fuels.

The natural prairie ecosystems that covered the drier expanses of the Great Plains before the onset of industrial agriculture appear to have contributed far less moisture to the atmosphere, compared to the corn fields of today. Prairie contributions to humidity also peak earlier in the summer, when temperatures are likely to be lower.

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Nice story about a teenage dairy goat breeder

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What's being described is a Commodities Checkoff Program

They're government programs basically aimed at getting to you buy more stuff. And they're pretty successful.

(Ps, yes calcium is very important in preventing osteoporosis. However, as over half of the global population is lactose intolerant, it might be better to promote the wide range of foods containing calcium, not just dairy)

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Climate Champions: How Students Can Influence Farming's Future | AGDAILY

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Pesticides in food? Here's What to Know

Thanks ;AGDAILY Contributors Published ;June,13 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines the term “pesticide” as “Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, or use as a nitrogen stabilizer.” Pesticides are vital to help farmers use land and water more efficiently and…

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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla from California has introduced a pair of bills intended to allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture to better meet the needs of farm and food system workers. The first one, the Supporting Our Farm and Food System Workforce Act, would create the USDA Office of the Farm and Food System Workforce to serve as a liaison and a resource for farm and food system workers. The second, called the Voice for Farm Workers Act, would expand the role and staff of the USDA Farmworker Coordinator to allow for increased collaboration within the Department, with farm workers, and with relevant stakeholders.

Padilla’s legislation addresses key priorities from the USDA Equity Commission Interim Report, which notes that the Farmworker Coordinator position has not been adequately funded or sustained, and recommends that the USDA fund and elevate roles for professional staff solely dedicated to farm workers’ concerns and perspectives.

Here are more on the bills:

Supporting Our Farm and Food System Workforce Act

This legislation would establish a new Office of the Farm and Food System Workforce within the USDA to uplift the voices of farm workers and food system workers at the federal level. The Office would serve as a link between these workers and the USDA, providing a platform for their concerns and interests and helping develop recommendations and new initiatives for the Department.

The bill would also create a Farm and Food System Worker Advisory Committee of relevant stakeholders — such as farm and food system workers, labor unions, civil rights advocates, higher education, women farm worker or food system groups, and non-profits — to better represent these workers’ interests and perspectives. Building upon the USDA Equity Commission recommendations, it would also set up a Farm and Food System Workforce Interagency Council, comprised of representatives from various federal agencies to improve coordination, planning, program development, and policymaking across cabinet-level leadership.

In addition, the Supporting Our Farm and Food System Workforce Act would require the Office to summarize its efforts to improve the work and livelihood of farm and food system workers in an annual publicly available report examining, for example, how climate change affect the food system and recommendations for improving access to USDA programs and initiatives.

Voice for Farm Workers Act

The USDA Farmworker Coordinator position, established in the 2008 Farm Bill, serves as a dedicated liaison for the Department and farm workers nationwide but has lacked the sufficient staff and resources to adequately address farm workers’ needs. This legislation would strengthen the Coordinator position with new resources and staffing capacity to improve the ability of the Coordinator to act as USDA’s primary point of contact on farm worker issues, coordinate and advise on farm worker serving programs across the Department and federal agencies, and support farm workers and farm worker-oriented community-based organizations to better access USDA programs.

Specifically, the Voice for Farmworkers Act would expand the Farmworker Coordinator duties to allow for the Coordinator to create recommendations for new initiatives and programs, conduct further outreach and research related to farm workers, and collaborate within the Department on programmatic and policy decisions related to farm workers. In addition, it would integrate additional entities for the Farmworker Coordinator to consult with such as institutions of higher education, local education agencies, and community-based nonprofit organizations.

Furthermore, the bill would allow the USDA to employ the staff necessary to assist the Farmworker Coordinator carry out their responsibilities to better meet the needs of our nation’s farm workers.

Background

Senator Padilla considers himself a longtime champion for farm and food system workers in California and across the country. He had recently reintroduced the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, legislation to update the nation’s labor laws to ensure farm workers receive fairer wages and compensation. 

“Our farm and food system workers feed the nation and sustain our economy. Too often, lack of access to language services, outreach, and USDA programs leaves them vulnerable to challenges including food and housing insecurity, lack of health care access, and inadequate job protections,” Padilla said. “These bills would equip the USDA with important tools to integrate workers’ key priorities and viewpoints, including enhancing collaboration across the Department, with the federal government, and with key outside stakeholders.”

The two bills announced this week are cosponsored by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is also a cosponsor of the Voice for Farm Workers Act.

Both bills have been endorsed by the United Farm Workers, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Union of Concerned Scientists, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, and Labor) Food Alliance, Farmworker Justice, Rural Coalition, Farmworker Association of Florida, National Resource Defense Council, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, National Employment Law Project, and National Education Association.

“Farm and food system workers are the backbone of our country, working tirelessly to put food on our tables. We must ensure that their voices are represented in government so we can address their concerns and needs. These bills will not only help amplify their voices within the federal government, but will also ensure we provide the resources to meet their needs. I am proud to fight for our nation’s farm and food system workers and push for their voices to be heard,” Gillibrand said.

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Method of worshiping Shivling in Shiv Mahapuran: -

In Shiva Mahapuran, the method of worshiping many types of Shivling has been described. In which the description of Swayambhu Linga, Bindu Linga, Pratishti Linga, Char Linga, and Guru Linga is found. Worshiping the Swayambhu Linga increases the knowledge and wealth of the worshipper. For this reason, the self-manifested linga is considered to fulfill all kinds of wishes. In the worship of Shivling, after offering Dhoop, Deep, Naivedya, Abir, Gulal, Panchamrit, Dhrit, Milk, Curd, Honey as well as Bhang, Dhatur, Bel Patra, Shami Patra, ashes must be offered to Lord Bholenath.

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Honey bees' metabolic pathway linked to winter colony loss | AGDAILY

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What the hell is going on?????

Edit: Getting a better look at her, she does actually look like a Przewalski's horse

Have you seen that chick on TikTok that is trying to claim the hinny they found in a kill pen is a przewalski's horse? It was a little convincing at first but their response to people asking how they owned/ moved an endangered animal across state lines without a license their response was basically just "no it's fine they let us do whatever we want 😊😊". Like either it's a hinny or they're gonna liveblog getting arrested

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I have a problem discounting some of these “myths,” particularly the issue of GMOs, food safety, and factory farming. On the one hand “Farmbabe,” (the nom de plume of the author) is absolutely correct. On the other, industry wields entirely too much influence in regulations and markets, and enforcement of those rules which do exist is less robust that it should be. We could fix that, but the political will seems to be lacking.

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Happy National Ag Day to our friends at @FMCAgUS and @FLMHarvest . Today and every day we are thankful for the individuals who help feed the world.

See the full video we helped produce here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JCC_koxIY

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