John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Economics, Government / Policies, Climate Change, Ag Africa,

Bid to manipulate weather data: Maharashtra govt suspects ploy for higher insurance claims

WBCIS provides coverage to horticulture crops and farmers in Maharashtra have enthusiastically enrolled for the scheme.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Conservation/Tillage, Water, Food Waste, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ,

Low profile magic bullets in soil spotlight

"We could be on the cusp of something really exciting but it is still early days."

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Forestry, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture,

Cancel Earthworms

The “crazy worms” remaking forests aren’t your friendly neighborhood garden worms. Then again, those aren’t so great either.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Pest Control, World Population,

Odors produced by soil microbes attract red fire ants to safer nest sites

Newly mated queens of the red fire ant select nest sites with a relatively low pathogen risk by detecting odors produced by soil bacteria that inhibit the growth of ant-infecting fungi, according to a ...

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Ag North America,

Farming community mourns sudden loss of Peter Dowling

Peter Dowling died on Sunday. He was an integral part of the National Farmers Union and a vocal advocate for farmers, both locally and nationally.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Cover Crops, Regenerative Agriculture,

Do diverse cover crop mixtures perform better than monocultures? A systematic review

Multi‐species cover crop mixtures have been increasing in popularity. It has been hypothesized these mixtures produce more biomass, suppress more weeds, scavenge more N, conserve more soil water, sti...

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Curt Livesay Curt Livesay
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Beef Cattle, Regenerative Agriculture,

Benefits of cattle grazing for reducing fire fuels and fire hazard

The California Cattle Council recently funded a University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension project to evaluate how much fine fuel (grasses and other plants) are eaten by cattle on rangelands,

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Climate Change, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

£125k project to plant new Glasgow woodland with 20,000 native trees

Old and new will brush shoulders after 20,000 new native trees are planted on former pastureland on the southern edge of the city - covering the…

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