Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Ag Innovation,
Wild crops could save our food system — if we don't destroy them first
Wild plants keep saving humans from starvation: Endangered sunflowers, lost Native American crops, and rare walnut trees.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Sustainability, Research, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population,
Old model of agriculture is a drag on the economy, rural living. New farm laws offer a way out
The next revolution — Green Revolution 2.0 — will come through in-depth research, better investment opportunities and access to the market. The three farm laws are a revolutionary step in that direction.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Herbicides, Weeds, Ag Innovation, AgriBusiness,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soybeans, Education U.S. MidWest, Drones UAV, Ag Innovation, World Population, Plant Breeding,
Drones and AI detect soybean maturity with high accuracy
URBANA, Ill. – Walking rows of soybeans in the mid-summer heat is an exhausting but essential chore in breeding new cultivars. Researchers brave the heat daily during crucial parts of the growing season to look for plants showing desirable traits, such as early pod maturity. But without a way to automate detection of these traits, breeders can’t test as many plots as they’d like in a given year, elongating the time it takes to bring new cultivars to market.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Ag Innovation, Brazil,
Amid pandemic, orders soar for Brazil robot that feeds pigs playing classical music
Orders for a Brazilian pig-feeding robot, which plays classical music while dispensing meals, soared this year as farmers strove to cut costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. SouthWest, Crop Diseases, Research, Ag Innovation,
Texas AgriLife Makes Breakthrough in Fight Against Plant Diseases
Researchers from Texas A&M AgriLife have made a discovery that will help fight fastidious pathogens costing U.S. agriculture billions of dollars annually. For years, research scientist and associate professor Dr. Kranthi Mandadi and his colleagues at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension in Weslaco have been working on developing new biological technologies to fight fastidious or
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Drones UAV, Ag India, Ag Innovation,
Drone-a-thon 2020: How ‘Made in India’ drones could help revolutionise agriculture, health sector
Drones can be used as a crucial tool to benefit law enforcement in the future and there have been few examples already where the technology has been used to spot the offenders
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Water, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation, World Population, Education,
Worm-like, soil-swimming robots to measure crop underworld | Cornell Chronicle
A Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, water, the soil microbiome and how roots grow.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Drones UAV, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population,
Drone-a-thon 2020: How ‘Made in India’ drones could help revolutionise agriculture, health sector
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