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Land Tenure And Digital Control Reshape Production Viability
March 10, 2026
Corporate Concentration In Digital Systems Soil Fertility Investment Versus Margins Indigenous Land Title Recognition Geopolitical Input Supply Risks Pension Fund Land Ownership Models
Emerging reports highlight how digital tools are consolidating corporate power while Indigenous land title agreements challenge existing tenure models. Simultaneously, geopolitical instability and high input costs strain soil fertility investments, forcing producers to weigh long-term health against immediate financial survival.
Farming by algorithm
New IPES-Food report finds AI-driven digital agriculture is concentrating corporate control, increasing farmer dependency, and raising questions about climate resilience. The post Farming by algorithm appeared first on IPES-Food.
L’Équilibre chimique de la terre pour une fertilité améliorée
Un producteur agricole ne devrait pas se limiter à fournir suffisamment de nutriments à ses cultures. Il devrait aussi se soucier de l’équilibre chimique de son sol pour en accroître la fertilité, affirme Lofti Khiari, professeur en gestion des sols et des matières fertilisantes à l’Université Laval…
Why I’m Suing Canada’s Largest Pension Fund Manager
I lost my farm last season. Unfortunately, many young farmers know exactly how this feels. For the last five years, I rented land in Caledon, Ontario, where I operated my Source
The cost of digging out of a soil fertility deficit
As planting season gets underway in the southern U.S., growers are weighing fertility decisions against another year of tight margins and high input costs. In this RealAg Radio interview from Agronomic Monday, Mike Howell, senior agronomist with Nutrien and host of The Dirt podcast, discussed the ri…
Digital media is using negativity to steal our attention — here’s how to reclaim it
With the internet and its widespread accessibility, many of us have front-row seats to widespread suffering and death across the globe for the first time in history, even when we are not directly affected. We’re living in what scholars describe as a “polycrisis” — a set of interconnected crises that…
Strong opinions matter: Why some birds refuse to follow the flock
We like to think that animals, including humans, follow the crowd. Think of a flock of pigeons taking off from the city square together or the recent frenzy over labubus. If most of the group does something, surely the individual will copy. Researchers found that finches with strong preferences larg…
B.C.’s switch to permanent DST adds to the ‘perfect storm’ for poorer adolescent sleep and mental health
The British Columbia government recently announced the province will adopt permanent daylight saving time (DST). It framed the decision as a way to improve health, reduce disruptions, simplify scheduling and provide more evening daylight. The adoption of permanent DST raises significant concerns abo…
Frontlines: What the U.S.–Iran conflict could mean for oil, fertilizer, and farm economics
The sudden and serious military action in the Middle East is raising new questions about energy markets, trade flows, and input costs — all factors that can quickly ripple into agriculture. In this Frontlines episode recorded Monday, March 9, RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney speaks with Jacob Shapiro o…
The federal government’s Musqueam agreements raise questions about who truly owns land
Canada’s federal government recently signed three agreements with the Musqueam First Nation that, among other things, recognize the Musqueam People’s Aboriginal title to their traditional territory — which includes most of Vancouver. For that reason, it’s surprising that rather than making headlines…