John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Research, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Agronomy, Plant Breeding,

The Next Generation Of Plant Breeding Is Powered By Visual Technologies

Visual technology is being deployed across the agricultural industry to enable rapid phenotyping, a critical part of the $3.9B spent annually on seed research & development.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Drones UAV, Sustainability, Ag Innovation,

How drones are making agriculture sustainable - CNN Video

With advances in technology, drones are boosting sustainability in agriculture, prompting farmers around the world to adopt them more readily.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Ag Innovation, AgriBusiness,

Rural-broadband efforts accelerate

The Rebuild Rural Coalition in late January asked for President Joe Biden’s support in r...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Land O’Lakes, Microsoft in carbon credit program

The program, called TruCarbon, “will help farmers generate and sell carbon credits to private sector buyers,” said the company.

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Topics: Dairy, Young Farmers, Ag Innovation,

Innovation takes dairy into future

ELK MOUND, Wis. – Michael Jr. and Jenny Jenson are innovative young farmers. They’ve i...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

Will the new Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess affect common man?

The Finance Minister has presented the budget, which overall did not seem to touch the middle class in any major way. There was an Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess (AIDC), which has been brought in to aid the agri sector. The cess is not uniform and varies from product to product.

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Precision Ag Study unveiled by AEM, Ag organizations

AEM and Ag organizations quantify how available precision ag technology improves environmental stewardship, provides economic return for farmers.

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Topics: Water, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Environment, Ag Innovation,

Calling All Innovators in the World of Aquaculture! - U.S. Soybean Export Council

The Global Aquaculture Challenge is accepting applications for the chance at an 8-12 week ...

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National Farm Machinery Show postponed until 2022

The event, held annually at the Kentucky Exposition Center, cited the uncertainty surround...

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Topics: Markets/Pricing, Economics, Ag India, Ag Innovation, Government / Policies,

Govt may hike agri credit target to about Rs 19 lakh cr in Budget

"Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and co-operatives are active in the agriculture credit space. The Nabard refinance scheme will be further expanded. Agriculture credit target for the year 2020-21 has been set up at Rs 15 lakh crore," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said while announcing the Budget 2020-21.