Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All(politico.com)
154 points by iamnothere | 108 comments
Politico Magazine article arguing that federal investigators found evidence of possible collusion behind high US egg prices, previously blamed on bird flu.
#agriculture on Hacker News
24 stories tagged agriculture, newest first.
Vegetables are half as nutritious as they were in the 1960s(telegraph.co.uk)
10 points by WarOnPrivacy | 11 comments
Telegraph article reporting that vegetables have about half the nutritional content they had in the 1960s; the captured page is an access-blocked error.
Southern Olive Oil(ambrook.com)
22 points by surprisetalk | 14 comments
An Offrange (Ambrook) magazine article in its Supply Chain section about olive oil production in the American South.
'The eels were climbing out of the water to die'(theguardian.com)
73 points by speckx | 34 comments
Guardian feature investigating why every fish in Furnace Brook lake in East Sussex died overnight, tracing the cause to a neighbouring farm and wider UK river pollution.
California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops(kqed.org)
362 points by randycupertino | 877 comments
AP article on KQED reporting that California grape growers struggle to find buyers as wine consumption declines and supply exceeds demand.
Behold the pawpaw(cbc.ca)
71 points by BiraIgnacio | 32 comments
CBC Radio's The Current article about the pawpaw, a tropical-tasting native fruit that grows in Canada and tastes like banana, mango and pineapple.
Blend and Haul: Fertilizer Blending Simulator(game.wedgworth.com)
5 points by paltman | 2 comments
Browser-based simulation game by Wedgworth's where players run a fertilizer blending plant, accepting grower orders, blending, and dispatching trucks.
Show HN: A website that tracks US food prices every day(kadoa.com)
22 points by hubraumhugo | 6 comments
An open-source dashboard tracking daily USDA food commodity prices at shipping points, wholesale markets, and supermarket ads, with historical charts.
John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement(apnews.com)
1333 points by djoldman | 284 comments
AP News article reporting that an FTC settlement will give John Deere equipment owners the right to repair their own machinery.
California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy(sfgate.com)
332 points by littlexsparkee | 387 comments
SFGATE news article reporting that California farmers will destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte's bankruptcy, with USDA aid involved.
Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price(wheelfront.com)
2245 points by Kaibeezy | 758 comments
Article about an Alberta startup selling simple, electronics-free tractors at about half the price of conventional models; the page showed a Cloudflare verification screen.
John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement(thedrive.com)
327 points by CharlesW | 108 comments
The Drive news article reporting John Deere will pay $99 million in a right-to-repair settlement and offer repair tools to third parties for 10 years.
My Experience as a Rice Farmer(xd009642.github.io)
338 points by surprisetalk | 168 comments
A personal blog post recounting the author's experience helping on his wife's family rice farm near Shuzenji, Shizuoka, Japan, in 2025.
Proof of Corn(proofofcorn.com)
455 points by rocauc | 301 comments
Proof of Corn is a case study site documenting an attempt to grow real corn from seed to harvest with every decision made by Claude Code, responding to a challenge.
I sell onions on the Internet (2019)(deepsouthventures.com)
462 points by sogen | 135 comments
Peter Askew's 2019 essay on Deep South Ventures about running an online business selling Vidalia onions.
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide(mlive.com)
356 points by bikenaga | 269 comments
MLive investigative article about U.S. farmers with Parkinson's disease who blame exposure to a deadly but legal pesticide, likely paraquat.
Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest(apnews.com)
546 points by geox | 401 comments
AP News article reporting Denmark's plan to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of its farmland into forest.
The feds are coming for John Deere over the right to repair(gizmodo.com)
493 points by rntn | 204 comments
Gizmodo news article reporting that federal regulators are taking action against John Deere over right-to-repair restrictions on its equipment.
OpenFarm – a free and open database and web application for gardening knowledge(openfarm.cc)
442 points by lasermatts | 42 comments
Homepage of OpenFarm, a free and open crowdsourced database and web app for sharing farming and gardening growing guides.
Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law opposed by John Deere(arstechnica.com)
543 points by FridayoLeary | 136 comments
Ars Technica article on Colorado's governor signing a law requiring tractor makers to provide repair parts, embedded software, and documentation, opposed by John Deere.
Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers(wivb.com)
392 points by hubraumhugo | 80 comments
WIVB/Associated Press news article reporting that Colorado became the first state to pass a right-to-repair law for farm equipment, signed by Gov. Jared Polis.
Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’(theguardian.com)
344 points by mdp2021 | 218 comments
Guardian news article reporting a study suggesting an antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth may be harming the human immune system.
Colorado passes agricultural Right to Repair(ifixit.com)
481 points by kwiens | 96 comments
iFixit news article reporting that Colorado approved the first-ever agricultural Right to Repair bill for farm equipment like tractors.
Perennial rice: Plant once, harvest again and again(npr.org)
452 points by colinprince | 237 comments
NPR Short Wave article about newly developed perennial rice strains that regrow and stay productive after harvest without replanting.