John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, World Population, Blockchain,

Smartphone, blockchain technologies to open new frontier in fight

Food fraudsters have found myriad ways to trick shoppers – from cheap horsemeat sold as beef to conventional apples labelled as organic. But new rapid testing and tracing technologies may help turn

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09/07/2020 SOURCE: horizon-magazine.eu

We can programme plants to grow biomolecules. Is farming the future

On the southern outskirts of the city of Owensboro in Kentucky, US, there is a square, nondescript building. Inside, rows and rows of small plants are growing under artificial lights. This is a new

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09/07/2020 SOURCE: www.newsbreak.com

How weather affects crawfish harvests | News Break

The life cycle of a crawfish can be fairly straight forward. In the summer months, crawfish reproduce in underground mud burrows with a plug of mud on top of the burrow to protect them from predators. In late summer and early fall, rain softens the mud plugs so the crawfish can push their way out of the burrows and enter ponds, where they feed, molt and grow throughout Louisiana's typically mild winters. Spring then brings crawfish harvest season.

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09/07/2020 SOURCE: phys.org

Researchers analyze safety of industrial hemp as cattle feed

A pair of studies at Kansas State University is bringing new insight to farmers and producers seeking to incorporate industrial hemp in cattle feed.

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09/07/2020 SOURCE: www.sheffield.ac.uk

Sheep farmers could profit by shifting to forest, research shows - Latest - News - The University of Sheffield

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Equine/Horse, Genes /Genetics,

First Clone of Endangered Horse Born in Effort to Save Species

The horse was cloned from 40-year-old DNA

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09/06/2020 SOURCE: news.knowledia.com

The yield potential of wheat grown in controlled-environment vertical farms

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S. has investigated the yield potential of wheat grown on controlled-environment vertical farms, finding it higher than expected. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes modeling indoor vertical wheat farming and what their models showed.

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09/06/2020 SOURCE: liu.se

Researchers develop molecule to store solar energy

Researchers at Linköping University have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it for later consumption.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Cotton, Agriculture US, Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Research,

Research recommends integrated approaches to managing reniform nematodes in cotton

While there are many pests affecting cotton, the reniform nematode is one the most damaging, with the ability to cause annual losses of approximately $33 million within the Mid-Southern United States. Farmers struggle to manage this pest as commercially available resistance is not widespread and a limited number of products are commercially available for use in suppressing the reniform nematode.

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