Agriculture US
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Wheat, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, USDA,

USDA projects lowest Nebraska winter wheat crop on-record

The United States Department of Agriculture Winter Wheat Seedings report shows a record-low number of acres planted to wheat in Nebraska. The January 12 report estimated the seeded area for 2021 at 810,000 acres in Nebraska.  The estimate is down from last year’s seeded area of 900,000. If the figure is realized, it would be [...]

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01/22/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

Shea is acting chief of USDA; Biden freezes regulations

Kevin Shea became acting agriculture secretary with the arrival of the Biden administration on Wednesday, said a USDA spokesperson amid the appointment of several new officials.

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01/19/2021 SOURCE: 247wallst.com

These People Own the Most Land in America

Spanning over 3.5 million square miles, the United States is the third largest country in the world by landmass, trailing only China and Russia. While over a quarter of all land in the United States is owned by the federal government — here is a look at how much land the government owns in every […]

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01/19/2021 SOURCE: modernfarmer.com

Degraded Soil Costs Corn Farmers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year: Study

Massive monocrop farming of corn, in the United States, brings with it a whole host of push-and-pull requirements.  This style of agriculture drains the soil of nutrients, making it incapable of high-yield production. To make up for that, farmers have to drench the soils in fertilizer. A new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder ran models to get a sense of what the economic costs of this system are and found they are quite staggering.  A key problem with trying to figure out exactly how degraded soils are, at least in the US and some other countries

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01/19/2021 SOURCE: allianceforscience.cornell.edu

10 Myths About GMOs - Alliance for Science

[Download this page as a PDF]   [En Español: 10 mitos sobre los OGMs] GMO stands for “genetically modified organism.” It most commonly refers to organisms—often plants—that have been modified to achieve desired traits, like drought-tolerance and pest-resistance, using recombinant DNA techniques or genetic engineering (GE). It’s a misleading term, since we’ve been modifying the […]

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Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Agriculture US, Food Security/Shortage,

Smithfield Foods and Feed More Unveil New Tractor-Trailer to Expand Distribution in Rural Counties in Central Virginia

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Drones UAV, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

Big growth in agriculture drones reported during the past year

Drone adoption has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the agricultural sector as farmers seek new insights using surveillance technology and drawing inferences from digital data.

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01/19/2021 SOURCE: www.drovers.com

Trump Administration Leaves a Lasting Impact on Agriculture

From the unpredictability with trade to easing of regulations, the past four years have been a whirlwind with farmers, ranchers and policy experts looking back at the Trump Administration's impact on agriculture.

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

Bill Gates Becomes the Largest Farmland Owner in the United States: Report

The billionaire owns more than 268,000 acres of land combined across 19 states

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