John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Agriculture Global, Economics, Research, Fertilizer, Ag Australia/NZ, Commodity/Trade Groups,
Producers call for more home-grown fert
Australian farmers are hoping for access to more locally produced fertiliser, saying a domestic industry could cut costs and risks.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Crawfish, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial), Research,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Poultry, Sustainability, Animal Welfare/Humane Treatment, Research, Animal Health,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Coffee/Tea, Agriculture Global, Economics, Research,
Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup?
Farmers in the Bean Belt perilously depend on just two species. New breeding — and traditional growing practices — could fix that.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Dairy, Agriculture Global, Economics, Research, Government / Policies, Ag Australia/NZ,
Dairy productivity priority for Thompson
Farmer groups should set productivity as the industry priority and push to be more involved in Dairy Australia's planning, while also striving for a new level of transparency and integrity in advocacy.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soybeans, Agriculture Global, Research,
Student’s research makes soybeans easier for animals to digest
In a small town in rural Colombia, Diana Escamilla Sanchez’s grandfather raised coffee, oranges, plantains, bananas and corn. Her childhood on the farm made Escamilla aware of the difficulties small farmers faced in Colombia when marketing their goods.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Research, Ag Innovation, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Weather,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Research, Ag Innovation, Weather,
Using machine learning to predict a ground frost
Machine learning can be used to forecast when a geographical region might have a ground frost, according to new work published in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. Weather ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Pesticides, Education U.S. MidWest, Beekeeping, Fruit, Research, Pollinators,
As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits
Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study shows. A multiyear study of commercial-scale fields in the Midwest found this approach led to a 95% reduction in pesticid
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. MidWest, Economics, Sustainability, Research,
Comparing photosynthetic differences between wild and domesticated rice
Millions of people in Asia are dependent on rice as a food source. Believed to have been domesticated as early as 6000 BCE, rice is an important source of calories globally. In a new study from the RIPE ...
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