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Heartbreaker embryos worth $5050 each

Battalion stud at Dundee have sold embryos in their top producing female.

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Learning about bees

Students at Louisa County High School are getting hands-on lessons in beekeeping at their ...

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City Of Poughkeepsie Farm Now Under Construction

One doesn't often associate the City of Poughkeepsie with farming but a new farm project will offer fresh produce and educational opportunities for local residents when completed.

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Betting on the untapped potential of Angolan honey

The federal government sees honey as a product that might assist diversify the nation’s oil-dependent financial system and is

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Reduced soil tilling helps both soils and yields

By monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data, Stanford scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and soybeans and improve the health of the soil – a win-win for global food security.

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Over 20 Farmers and 50 Volunteers Show Up To Help Harvest Crops After Farmer's Wife Passes Away

On Saturday, the local volunteers filled the roads leading to the farm, bringing tractors,...

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Field testing new integrated weed management strategies | AgriLife Today

A Texas A&M AgriLife-led study will research new weed management strategies to reduce weeds and mitigate the increasing herbicide resistance.

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Predicting plant water needs in a warmer, drier world

New research suggests dry air and warmer temperatures may prompt bigger than expected changes in how water moves through plants. The adjustment may allow plants to survive with less water in future droughts, while downshifting how much carbon they absorb.

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Genetically modified soybean gains EU Commission approval

The European Commission authorised a genetically modified soybean for food and feed, but not cultivation, on Monday (28 September), paving the way for a full launch of the variety in the US and Canada in 2021.

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Coronavirus reveals need to bridge the digital divide | UNCTAD

The global crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has pushed us further into a digital world, and changes in behaviour are likely to have lasting effects when the economy starts to pick up. But not everyone is ready to embrace a more digitized existence.