Agriculture US
Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Pest Control, Education,

This is an excellent article on the current and historic situation with feral hogs.

Skyrocketing number of feral hogs in US has become ‘pig bomb,’ experts say

The illegal transportation of wild pigs on the “underground wild pig railroad” has caused a massive explosion in population for the animals in a term Zoologist John “Jack” Mayer has coined a “pig bomb.”

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Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, AgriBusiness, Coronavirus/COVID,

A Bayer Crop Science article.

Farming through the COVID-19 pandemic – meet Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel

Learn how farmers like Cherilyn are balancing all of the changes to their everyday routine, both on and off the farm during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Ag Labor,

09/28/2020 SOURCE: www.duluthnewstribune.com

Finding help is 'greatest limiting factor' on the farm | Duluth News Tribune

Upper Midwest farmers and ranchers often face major challenges in obtaining enough farm help. Though the need is obvious, solutions are not. Agweek talked with three farm operators-- one each in North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota -- who have insights into, and experience with, this important issue.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Education,

09/28/2020 SOURCE: www.kosu.org

In Internet Dead Zones, Rural Schools Struggle With Distanced Learning

The past seven months have been a big strain on families like Mandi Boren's. The Borens are cattle ranchers on a remote slice of land near Idaho'

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, Government / Policies, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

Even Renewables Are Bigger In Texas

The Texas electric grid is scheduled to add almost more wind than it has in the past five years combined and almost triple its solar capacity this year. Yes, in 2020.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation,

‘60-inch corn’ row idea marches northward | News Break

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D — Farmers with cattle in Iowa, South Dakota Minnesota and North Dakota increasingly are trying the “wide-row corn” — interseeded with crops and cover crops — to improve profits while helping the environment. And the concept is moving northward to Eddy County in central North Dakota, where...

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture US, Water, Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture,

09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.greenbaypressgazette.com

Wisconsin wild rice is unique in the world, but some worry about effects of climate change

Wild rice, known by its Ojibwe name as manoomin, is an important part of Ojibwe culture. Some fear climate change may impact its growth in the state.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Organic, Economics, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Education,

09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.farmanddairy.com

Rodale Institute helps Pa. farmers go organic - Farm and Dairy

More than 50 Pennsylvania farmers have committed 4,000 acres to become organic through Rodale Institutes’s farm consulting program.

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