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TOPIC(S): Soybeans, Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Agriculture Global, Trade (Commodities),

04/23/2022 SOURCE: flip.it

Soyoil surges to record high as Indonesia bans palm oil exports

Soybean oil prices soared to a record high on Friday as Indonesia's decision to effectively ban exports of palm oil heightened concerns about already depleted global supplies of alternative vegetable oils.

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TOPIC(S): Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Ag Russia & CIS, Trade (Commodities),

04/22/2022 SOURCE: flip.it

One-Third of Ukraine’s Farmland Won’t Be Cultivated or Harvested This Year

The vast devastation of crops and infrastructure due to the war is threatening the country’s food security.

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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage,

04/19/2022 SOURCE: flip.it

More Than 50 Billion Tons of Top Soil Have Eroded in the Midwest

The estimate of annual loss is nearly double the rate of erosion the USDA considers sustainable

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20 Million Risk Starvation As Horn Of Africa Drought Worsens: UN

Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the UN warned Tuesday.

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Six Things You Probably Didn't Know About Farmland - Digg

AcreTrader is a farmland investing platform that makes investing directly in farmland quick, easy, and accessible to the average investor, at the same time supporting farmers in growing their businesses.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Pesticides, AgriBusiness, US EPA,

EPA reverses course on herbicide ban in 10 Midwest and Plains states, including Oklahoma

Farmers in ten states, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri, are now free to use a herbicide that had been restricted in January.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Food Waste, Sustainability, Consumer/Retail,

04/05/2022 SOURCE: flip.it

How to Know if Food Brands are Really Sustainable

How do we know if a food brand is really sustainable? Paul Lightfoot of the Negative Foods Newsletter says what to look for in emerging sustainable food brands.

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US Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to California’s Proposition 12

The law requires pork sold in the state of California to not be raised using sow gestation crates. Certain groups wish to nullify it.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Education U.S. MidWest, Research,

03/22/2022 SOURCE: flip.it

A mysterious solar farm crops up in Colorado

Are the solar panels, spread over 74 acres on the Western Slope, intended to power a crypto mine? No one’s saying.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, World Hunger,

“The biggest loss of crop diversity came in the decades that followed World War II when, in an attempt to save millions from starvation, crop scientists found ways to produce grains such as rice and wheat on a phenomenal scale.”

Folks, We Gotta Start Farming Different Crops

Since World War II, we’ve created a highly productive but incredibly fragile food system.

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