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TOPIC(S): Rice, Education U.S. MidWest, Crop Diseases,

06/20/2024 SOURCE: www.cals.iastate.edu

Researchers identify role of genes that boost disease resiliency in rice

Researchers at Iowa State University have identified two genes that can help rice defend itself against diseases, including the devastating fungal blast pathogen. The research team is led by Reuben Peters, Distinguished Professor in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, and his laboratory advisees, Yiling Feng, PhD student in the Interdepartmental Plant Biology Program, and Tristan Weers, sophomore in biochemistry.

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TOPIC(S): Cotton, Agriculture US, Education U.S. MidWest,

06/14/2024 SOURCE: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu

Cotton STAX and Modified Supplemental Coverage Option: Concerns with Moving Crop Insurance from Risk Management to Income Support

The Farm Bill version reported by the House Agricultural Committee would modify Supple-mental Coverage Option (SCO), a crop insurance policy that provides county-level coverage. Be-cause the modifications proposed for SCO…

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TOPIC(S): Education U.S. MidWest, Tobacco,

06/03/2024 SOURCE: www.insurancejournal.com

Tennessee, Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Sentenced for Second Crop Insurance Fraud

A Kentucky tobacco farmer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to crop insurance fraud, eight years after he was

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TOPIC(S): Education U.S. MidWest, Poultry,

05/24/2024 SOURCE: www.arkansasonline.com

University of Arkansas research shows possibility for water efficient chicken

Chickens bred to need less water continued to put on weight despite heat stress that would normally slow growth, according to a new study conducted at a University of Arkansas experiment station.

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TOPIC(S): Education U.S. NorthEast, Education U.S. SouthEast, Education U.S. MidWest, Education U.S. West, Education U.S. SouthWest,

05/21/2024 SOURCE: www.agdaily.com

Modern challenges faced by America's land-grant universities | AGDAILY

From funding to infrastructure, survival into the coming decades and centuries will require land-grant universities to continue responding to modern life.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Education U.S. MidWest, Weather,

05/20/2024 SOURCE: extension.msstate.edu

Rice crop starts strong as market prices hold

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi’s rice crop is poised to be bigger and healthier than it has been in four years -- the result of increased planting to meet demand and favorable weather conditions

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Education U.S. MidWest, Climate Change, AI/Artificial Intelligence, Weather,

05/20/2024 SOURCE: www.purdue.edu

Machine-learning model demonstrates effect of public breeding on rice yields in climate change

Climate change, extreme weather events, unprecedented records in temperatures and higher, acidic oceans make it difficult to predict the long-term fate of modern crop varieties.

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TOPIC(S): Wheat, Education U.S. MidWest, Water, Weather,

05/16/2024 SOURCE: kfrm.com

Kansas wheat battling through tough conditions - KFRM Radio 550 AM

By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. – No need to tell Kansas wheat producers, but drought has really been a bummer ...

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TOPIC(S): Education U.S. MidWest, Beef Cattle, Animal Health,

05/09/2024 SOURCE: www.farmprogress.com

UNL contributes to the id of new genetic defects in cattle

Years of work by researchers may pay off with better breeding decisions.

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Education U.S. MidWest, Fertilizer,

04/30/2024 SOURCE: www.canr.msu.edu

Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series continues with corn and nitrogen management after waterlogging - Field Crops

Join us May 9 as Alex Lindsey discusses managing corn and nitrogen after waterlogging.

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