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John LaRose Jr.
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Central Research Institute for Dryland Agricultureboosts lives of Indian farmers

Rains continue to be the main source of water for irrigation for a chunk of the country’...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Water, Economics, Sustainability, Almonds, Weather,

Investments in California’s water may help lower costs during drought

Some California farmers are hopeful opened economic options will help balance high water prices during the summer, while extreme weather and droughts continue.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Water, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Weather,

Drought Risk to the Agriculture Sector

Farmer losses from extreme drought represent an economically relevant share of crop production values, and may increase in coming decades as global temperatures rise.

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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Conservation/Tillage, Water,

02/24/2021 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com

When National Geographic Writers Condemned No-Till as the Culprit Behind Lake Erie’s Poor Water Quality and Algae Blooms, They Got it Totally Wrong

National Geographic magazine recently did an in-depth article on what’s threatening the health of the five Great Lakes. The magazine is read by 3.5 million U.S. readers and in it no-till was blamed for the poor water quality and algae blooms that are choking the life out of Lake Erie.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Poultry, Water, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog,

Environmentalists Make Long-Shot Attempt to Ban New Factory Farms

“We have so much manure we can’t use it all.”

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Organic, Water, Hydroponics , Vertical Farming, World Hunger, World Population,

Which type of hydroponic system is better?

Hint: They are all just irrigation systems. One of the questions that I get most frequently is, “Which hydroponic system is the best?” I am fairly sure that my standard answer of, “it a…

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Water, Sustainability, Research,

News: Corn Belt Farmland Has Lost a Third of its Carbon-Rich Soil | College of Natural Sciences | UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst researchers used remote sensing to quantify the previously underestimated erosion

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Herbicides, Water, Environment, US EPA,

02/17/2021 SOURCE: act.ewg.org

From the Environmental Working Group

Tell the EPA: Ban Atrazine!

This dangerous chemical is contaminating our drinking water supply and putting our health at risk. Atrazine has been linked to serious health effects, like hormone disruption and cancer, and has been found in the drinking water supplies of 44 million Americans.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Water, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,

For Women Who Feed Africa | The Nation Online | Malawi Daily Newspaper

Women form the backbone of rural economies, growing over two-thirds of food for Africa’s 1.2 billion people.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture US, Water, Fertilizer, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population,

Land management practices to reduce nitrogen load may be affected by future climate changes

URBANA, Ill. – Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Illinois and other Midwestern states have set goals to reduce nitrogen load through strategies that include different land management practices. A new study from University of Illinois researchers, published in Journal of Environmental Management, uses computer modeling to estimate how those practices may be affected by potential changes in the climate, such as increased rainfall.

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