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John LaRose Jr.
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Evolution of farmer produce market from zonal to district, to national

One-nation-one-market for farmers needs infra overhaul, may still be few years away...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Conservation/Tillage, Water, Ag India, Government / Policies,

Lockdown leads to cleaner water bodies; minister says time to 'introspect'

'"Since agriculture, which uses nearly 89 per cent of water,is also a state subject, the g...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Pesticides, Water, GMO's, Ag Europe, Government / Policies,

EU plans cut to antimicrobial and pesticide use in Farm to Fork strategy | Food Safety News

The European Commission has set targets to reduce pesticide use and sales of antimicrobial...

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Topics: Organic, Forestry, Conservation/Tillage, Sustainability, Ag Europe,

EU plans to plant 3 billion trees and massively expand organic farming

By 2030, a plan by the European Commission aims to reverse the loss of biodiversity by pla...

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Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. MidWest, Gardening, Coronavirus/COVID,

UT Gardens endures pandemic setbacks, encourages visitors - WBBJ TV

JACKSON, Tenn. — Preparing flower beds at UT Gardens in Jackson usually starts at the be...

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Topics: Pesticides, Organic, Economics, Ag Europe,

EU wants to slash pesticide use by 50% and boost organic farming

Amid coronavirus economic concerns, the European Commission is moving forward with its pla...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Hobby Farming, Economics, Gardening, Urban Farming,

Three entrepreneurs who grew a second career from their love of gardening

One 80-year-old retiree left the oil and gas industry, and now has an 11-acre flower farm....

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Topics: Dairy, Organic, Agriculture Global, Fertilizer, Ag Africa,

Expert recommends recycling of organic waste to manure for crop production

An environmentalist, Mr Gafar Odubote, has suggested the recycling of organic wastes into ...

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Conservation/Tillage, Sustainability, GMO's, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Agronomy, Plant Breeding,

The evolving landscape around genome editing in agriculture: Many countries have exempted or move to exempt forms of genome editing from GMO regulation of crop plants: EMBO reports: Vol 0, No 0

The EU and New Zealand are the only legislations where genome‐edited plants are consider...

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Coronavirus/COVID,

05/22/2020 SOURCE: www.weareiowa.com

'We just haven't seen this type of circumstance occur before:' Iowa vet says it's possible millions of hogs could be euthanized

Because meatpacking plants are still not operating at full capacity, hogs are getting back...

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