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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Weeds, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, Ag Innovation, Weather,

Climate-smart crop rotation works for Gangetic plains - Asia & Pacific

Climate-smart agricultural practices such as crop rotation can safely suppress weeds, says study.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Water, Hemp, Vertical Farming, Ag Innovation, Weather,

Hemp-based composite could facilitate soil-free farming

Given the diversity of its applications, hemp has become an increasingly popular crop in the United States and elsewhere over the past half-decade. That increasing production has led to surges of an appealing ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. SouthEast, Economics, Research, Ag Innovation,

Applying game-based learning to animal disease preparedness

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Genes /Genetics, Ag Innovation,

Glow-in-the-dark plants could act as passive lighting for public spaces

A decent chunk of energy usage goes towards lighting, so scientists at MIT are developing a new kind of passive lighting – glow-in-the-dark plants. In the latest experiment, the team has made them glow much brighter than the first generation plants, without harming their health.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Sustainability, Fertilizer, Ag Innovation,

Taking STEPS to solve the wicked problem of phosphorus

ASU engineering researchers are helping to lead a new science and technology center focuse...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Water, Sustainability, Almonds, Research, Ag Innovation, Climate Change,

Torture orchard: Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?

The search is on to help California farmers find less-thirsty tree crops. Will “Torture Orchard” experiments come through in time?

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Ag Innovation,

New way for producers to process protein

A group of visionaries from various companies saw a gap in the meat processing industry an...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Water, Research, Apps / Software, Ag Innovation, Weather,

Satellites measure drought stress in plants with aim of increasing crop yields - Phys.org

With a satellite system that measures drought stress in plants, two researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, have now founded the spin-off ConstellR. Their technology enables the agricultural sector to optim…

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Ag Innovation, AI/Artificial Intelligence,

‘Robot’s walk’ in grain bin offers potential for giant step in farm safety

Grain storage on the farm remains an important but dangerous task.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Ag Innovation, Biotech, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

New platform speeds up effort to turn crops into fuel

Researchers led by José Avalos have developed a new platform for breaking down cellulose, the world's most abundant organic compound, and simultaneously fermenting it for use in biofuel production.