John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sustainability, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Safety (Farm/Production),
International Women’s Day, 2021Removing Barriers to Women’s Leading Role in African Agriculture
Africa’s population will double by 2050 if growth rates continue their trajectory, but the creation of jobs is not keeping pace, with up to five times more young people seeking employment each year
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Dairy, Agriculture US, Young Farmers, Ag Innovation, Education,
Dairyman travels the state teaching youngsters about milk
Todd Griffin and his Jersey dairy cow, Kate, travel around to schools and events teaching about dairy farming, dairy cows and dairy products.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Ag India, Ag Innovation, Tomato,
Kochi firm develops yellow tomato
A group of scientists at AgriGenome Labs, Kochi, has successfully demonstrated the application of the CRISPR Cas9 technology in plants.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability, Ag Innovation,
Emerging Carbon Markets in Agriculture: Issues and Opportunities - Farm Foundation
Free on Mar. 16, 2021: experts discuss the issues and opportunities carbon markets present to agriculture operations.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soybeans, Ag Innovation, AgriBusiness,
Funny this is questioned, but soyoil coated wire isn't more tasty to rodents!
Assessing Rodent Gnawing of Elastomers Containing Soybean Oil Derivatives
Replacing petroleum-based components with biobased materials makes products more sustainable, but anecdotal evidence has suggested that this might also make them more attractive to rodents for gnawing. This study was conducted to determine if the inclusion of soybean oil or its derivatives in natural rubber, styrene–butadiene rubber, ethylene–propylene diene monomer, or flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plaque samples affects the extent of gnawing damage by mice. The components tested were epoxidized soybean oil, degummed soybean oil, high oleic soybean oil, and styrenated soybean oil. Twelve treatments were tested, each exposed individually to 10 mice for 14 days. At days 8 and 15, the plaques were assessed for gnawing damage, both subjectively and by weight loss. Extensive gnawing was noted only on plaques made of PVC (both PVC standard and PVC with 10 PHR epoxidized soybean oil), and the gnawing damage difference between these two PVC treatments was not statistically significant. The other 10 treatments all showed negligible gnawing. The inclusion of soybean oil or its derivatives in common elastomers did not affect rodent gnawing.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Irrigation, Water, Economics, Ag India, Ag Innovation, Weather,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Jobs, Economics, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies,
In the backdrop of the challenges of fourth industrial revolution, agriculture needs disruptive digital thinking
There is a need to take a comprehensive view for a new economic model in the backdrop of the highly distorted economic inequality, impending large-scale job losses sealing opportunity for shifting people from agriculture to other sectors.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Dairy, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Ag Innovation, World Population,
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Ag Innovation, Regenerative Agriculture,
5 cool measurement tools attempting to quantify regenerative agriculture | Greenbiz
These startups and nonprofits are using cutting edge technology and research to bring quantitative numbers to the highly qualitative agricultural world.
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