By Bob Dluzen From The Detroit News Comfrey, until fairly recently, was used for centuries as a medicinal herb. Some of the common folk names for it, such as “healing herb” and “bruisewort,” reflect the healing properties that people once thought it had. Nowadays we are told that any internal healing properties it might have…
Fertilizer 101: Giving Your Plants a Proper Diet
We all know the importance of a balanced diet with proper vitamins and minerals to maintain our health, but plants need a proper diet too. There’s a lot more to fertilizer than grabbing a bag of 10-10-10. In fact, in many situations 10-10-10 would absolutely be the wrong one to use (for example, once fruits…
Russia Gives Fertilizer to Malawi, Seeks African Support
LILONGWE, Malawi—The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its efforts to garner diplomatic support from various African nations. Russia will give 260,000 tons of fertilizer to countries in the continent, Russian Ambassador to Malawi Nikolai Krasilnikov said at a handover ceremony Monday at the capital, Lilongwe. He said…
Ontario Farmer Organization Calls on Government to Drop Fertilizer Tariffs
An Ontario farmers’ organization is calling on the federal government to drop its tariffs on the importation of certain fertilizers from Russia and Belarus, which are in place because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ryan Koeslag, executive director of the non-profit organization Ontario Bean Growers, says Canada should drop the tariffs immediately because it is the…
Food Inflation: Tight Grain, Oilseed Supplies to Keep Prices Elevated
December 17, 2022
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SINGAPORE—Drought or too much rain, the war in Ukraine, and high energy costs look set to curb global farm production again next year, tightening supplies, even as high prices encourage farmers to boost planting. Production of staples such as rice and wheat is unlikely to replenish depleted inventories, at least in the first half of…
ESG Endangering America’s Farms and Your Food: State Treasurers
November 14, 2022
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The latest threat to farming can be identified in three familiar letters. State treasurers at the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) told The Epoch Times on Nov. 14 that the United States’ agricultural base could be jeopardized by the top-down push for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) scoring. “It’s a real threat,” Nebraska State…
Sri Lanka’s Agrochemical Ban Shows How Bad Ideas Can Have Big Consequences
November 2, 2022
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Commentary You may remember the headlines: in 2021, Sri Lanka’s government imposed a total ban on agrochemicals. The restrictions affected both chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The government changed course in late 2021, but the damage had already been done. Yields fell dramatically, fueling anger in the streets. By mid-2022, the country was convulsed by explosive…
US Farmers Grab the Lobbying Pitchforks as Greens Sow Costly New Reporting Mandates
September 23, 2022
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Echoing conflicts from Sri Lanka to Canada to the Netherlands, tensions between farmers and green-minded government policymakers are building in the United States, where producers are squaring off against a costly proposed federal mandate for greenhouse-gas reporting from corporate supply chains. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in March proposed requiring large corporations, including agribusinesses and food companies, to report…
Putin Says Developing World Being ‘Cheated’ by Ukraine Grain Deal
September 8, 2022
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia and the developing world had been “cheated” by an UN-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal, vowing to look to revise its terms to limit the countries that can receive shipments. Speaking at an economic forum in the city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, Putin took aim…
Putin to Look at Revising ‘Cheating’ Ukrainian Grain Export Deal
September 8, 2022
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia and the developing world had been “cheated” by a U.N.-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal, vowing to look to revise its terms to limit the countries that can receive shipments. Speaking at an economic forum in the city of Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, Putin took aim…
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