Fertilizer
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Fertilizer, World Hunger, World Population, Education,

Rock-eating bacteria could help ensure food security

UC Riverside is leading an effort that could help ensure food security and improve the worst effects of climate change -- by studying rock-eating bacteria and fungi.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability, Fertilizer,

Next Gen Fertilizer Innovation Challenge

This Challenge aims to identify concepts for novel technologies for fertilizers and other product technology innovations that can reduce the environmental effects from modern agriculture while maintaining or increasing crop yields.

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Commodities, Crop Consultant, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Fertilizer, Vertical Farming,

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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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Precision AG , Young Farmers, Drones UAV, Sustainability, Fertilizer, Ag Australia/NZ,

Australia's Younger Agricultural Workforce Step up with XAG Drone for the Soaring Winter Crops

Australia's Younger Agricultural Workforce Step up with XAG Drone for the Soaring Winter Crops: Observing an increasingly growing demand of unmanned device applications during Australia's winter cropping season best seen in decades, XAG is on track to deploy drones to help farmers take the pressure off chemical use and preserve water. Faced with the expanded size of sown areas in Australia, XAG works with millennial drone entrepreneurs from Queensland to provide autonomous …

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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Fertilizer, Climate Change,

08/21/2020 SOURCE: www.businessgreen.com

'Historical underestimation': Nitrogen fertiliser 'overlooked' driver of climate change, Soil Association warns

Phase out of synthetic fertilisers and wider dietary shift away from intensively farmed meat urgently required to curb climate damaging gas, the Soil Association warns

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