TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA,

08/24/2020 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

USDA tightens eligibility rules for farm subsidies

Loopholes remain, but the USDA is tightening its crop subsidy rules by limiting who can collect a payment for managing a farm, historically one of its most porous definitions.

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Topics: Food/Nutrition,

It's an early pumpkin season everywhere

Pumpkin Spice Arrives Early This Year

7-Eleven, Starbucks and Dunkin’ are rolling out the seasonal flavor.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Education U.S. SouthEast, Water, Research, Government / Policies, Climate Change,

08/24/2020 SOURCE: blog.ucsusa.org

Hurricanes and COVID-19 in Florida: Are Counties Prepared to Protect Hurricane-Vulnerable Populations?

Hurricane season is underway, and many counties in Florida, severely impacted by Hurricanes Irma (2017) and Michael (2018), may not be ready to protect lives. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this task becomes even more difficult, as evacuating during a pandemic places greater burdens on vulnerable pop

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, Organic, Agriculture Global, World Hunger, World Population,
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Topics: Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Agriculture Global, Research,
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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Corn/Maize, Agriculture Global, Ag Europe, Ag Asia / Pacific, Ag Middle East,

08/24/2020 SOURCE: www.uni-kiel.de

Rapid acceptance of foreign food tradition in Bronze Age Europe

New study: Common millet got onto the menu

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial),

08/24/2020 SOURCE: www.inform.kz

Akmola region to produce 500 tons of trout

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM «A fish farm in Akmola region is expected to produce 500 tons of trout a year,» Kazakh Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev said.

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Topics: Cotton, Economics, Ag Australia/NZ,

Corish's Aussie cotton farming challenge on the Silk Road

Former National Farmers Federation boss Peter Corish has found Australian ingenuity in demand on the ancient Silk Road in Uzbekistan in Central Asia.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Economics, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population,

08/24/2020 SOURCE: www.dawn.com

UN to spend $10m on food security in Balochistan

UN resident coordi­na­tor visits Chagai, Nushki and Dalbandin.

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Crop Consultant, Pest Control, Crop Diseases, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

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