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09/28/2020 SOURCE: abcnews.go.com

Charging cows in England trample man to death in second such attack in 10 days

A 72-year-old man in England has been killed by a herd of charging cows making him the second such victim to die in this way in just a 10-day period in the country.

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Topics: Soil Health, Economics, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Education,

Grind to Ground, the new social enterprise turning coffee into compost | The RiotACT

A new social enterprise called Grind to Ground is the brainchild of a team of students at the Canberra Institute...

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Topics: Economics, Sustainability, Research, Genes /Genetics, USDA, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ,

Genome editing has the potential to reshape agriculture

While genome editing is certainly not a silver bullet for solving all agricultural challenges, it is the most promising technology for breeding in the last 30 years, says a top US official.

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Beans are nearly ready to go in Missouri Bottoms!


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Topics: Economics, Research, Ag Innovation, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Education,

New storage battery more efficient and heat-resistant

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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, Government / Policies, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

Even Renewables Are Bigger In Texas

The Texas electric grid is scheduled to add almost more wind than it has in the past five years combined and almost triple its solar capacity this year. Yes, in 2020.

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Topics: Food/Nutrition,

UW student group harvests, gives away free produce

A small group of UW-Madison students is feeding hundreds of others for free making quarantine grocery shopping healthy and affordable.

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Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation,

‘60-inch corn’ row idea marches northward | News Break

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D — Farmers with cattle in Iowa, South Dakota Minnesota and North Dakota increasingly are trying the “wide-row corn” — interseeded with crops and cover crops — to improve profits while helping the environment. And the concept is moving northward to Eddy County in central North Dakota, where...

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Topics: Rice, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, World Population, Weather,

A Kerala rice variety could be answer to troubles of cyclone-hit Bengal fields

The Super Cyclone Amphan had left a trail of destruction in South 24 Parganas district where it broke embankments causing saline water to seep into agricultural fields making irreversible changes to the soil texture. Enter the endemic Pokkali rice from Kerala famed for its remarkable resistance to saltwater.

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What can Mozambique’s farmers teach the world about survival in a changing climate?

On a continent that’s more vulnerable to climate change than any other, Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries. Despite cyclones and drought, people are adapting

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