The Longshore Workers Union (ILWU 514) issued a 72-hour strike notice to the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) on Nov. 4; the BCMEA then issued a lock out of workers that same day.
The Ninth Annual National Wheat Yield Contest garnered a record number of entries and featured a new pilot category. Learn more about who produced award-winning grain from coast to coast.
Before he died, Ohio regenerative farmer David Brandt had begun working with the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa to help create a farmer-led learning center on the convent's 343-acre farm. This has evolved into an initiative to help the convent with its mission of education and stewardship.
In box retail chain stores across several states, decorative cornstalks infected with tar spot, a fungal disease, have been discovered. These decorations could potentially spread the yield-reducing pathogen to new areas.