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TOPIC(S): Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

06/16/2023 SOURCE: phys.org

Climate change: Challenges of capturing sufficient carbon through large-scale seaweed farming

The potential of global seaweed farming to help capture sufficient carbon may not be feasible given the large ocean areas needed to remove between 2.5 and 13 gigatons of atmospheric carbon per year to ...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Carbon Farming,

06/14/2023 SOURCE: phys.org

Building a blueprint for zero-emissions agriculture

Technological innovation and investment will be needed to reduce agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions to zero, according to new work from Carnegie Staff Associate Lorenzo Rosa and Visiting Scholar ...

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping,

05/16/2023 SOURCE: phys.org

Facing external threats, bees may get help from internal organisms

Awareness is growing worldwide of the crucial role that bees and other pollinators play in preserving natural habitats and securing food supplies. In the run-up to World Bee Day on 20 May, Horizon Magazine ...

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Research, Plant Breeding, Carbon Farming,

Research uncovers how plants pass 'memory' of high carbon dioxide to their offspring

New research lead by Keith Slotkin, Ph.D., a member of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, opens the door for scientists to equip plants with the tools they need to adapt to rising levels of carbon ...

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TOPIC(S): Cotton,

03/23/2023 SOURCE: phys.org

Mixing varieties of cotton to produce non-flammable fabrics

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that interbreeding varieties of cotton can produce new varieties that can be used to make non-flammable fabrics. In their paper posted ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Rice, Agriculture Global, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Weather,

Gene editing technique highlighted as possible 'savior' for climate change threatened rice crops

A review of gene editing techniques suggests that the CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas) method could be a possible "savior" for rice crops threatened by climate ...

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TOPIC(S): Beef Cattle, Ag Tech, Ranching,

09/27/2022 SOURCE: phys.org

Cattle grazing with virtual fencing shows potential to create wildfire fuel breaks, study finds

The use of virtual fencing to manage cattle grazing on sagebrush rangelands has the potential to create fuel breaks needed to help fight wildfires, a recent Oregon State University and U.S. Department ...

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shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, GMO's, Consumer/Retail, Food Safety,

Awareness, not mandatory GMO labels, shifts consumer preference

Six years ago, the state of Vermont passed what turned out to be a short-lived law mandating disclosure of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, on all food products. That law's effect? A collective ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Dairy, Animal Welfare/Humane Treatment, Weather, Animal Health,

A nutrition solution can help heat-stressed cows as US warms

Rising temperatures pose major challenges to the dairy industry—a Holstein's milk production can decline 30 to 70% in warm weather—but a new Cornell-led study has found a nutrition-based solution ...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Wheat, Research, Ag Australia/NZ, Carbon Farming,

Straightening out kinky roots captures carbon and avoids drought stress

Researchers have discovered a new gene in barley and wheat that controls the angle of root growth in soil, opening the door to new cereal varieties with deeper roots that are less susceptible to drought ...

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