10/08/2022 SOURCE: modernfarmer.com
Animal intelligence, as we’ve mentioned here before, is a hugely messy concept that we still don’t fully understand. Studies that seem to focus on animal intelligence aren’t really attempting to figure out how smart, for example, a pig named Omelet is; it’s more about understanding how an animal’s brain works, what sort of learning capability it has, rather than forming a value judgment. That said, some scientists have been working for years to get pigs to play a video game, and, well, they did it. Pigs are generally understood to be “intelligent,” which, in this case, often means that pigs
Scientists Discover That Pigs Can Play Video Games
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10/08/2022 SOURCE: triblive.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the nation’s top cotton-producing state. But Barry Evans, like many others, has already walked away from more than 2,000 acres of his bone-dry fields.
Drought takes toll on U.S. cotton production
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10/08/2022 SOURCE: dailytimes.com.pk
Due to recent devastating flash floods and torrential rains across the cotton producing areas of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the overall cotton output of major cash crop is likely to remain between 7 to 8 million bales as against the set targets of 10.5 million bales during current season. According to initial estimates, out […]
Cotton output likely to remain 8 million bales - Daily Times
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10/08/2022 SOURCE: solarbuildermag.com
Agrivoltaics, farming or ranching under solar panels, has been gaining traction around the world as prime solar land becomes more scarce. An agrivoltaics array is typically raised above 8-ft to allow agriculture to continue underneath, providing revenue from solar while keeping the original use of the land. Extensive research has shown that partial shade has... View Article
RUTE aims to grow agrivoltaics market with 'cable-stayed' Suntracker
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Insects, Grapes,
Grape producers battling relentless attack from spotted lanternflies
PYLESVILLE, Md. — Mike Fiore frowned as he motored past a depressing heap of dead grape vines at the edge of his winery last week. He was eagerly awaiting the assistance of the local fire...
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Poultry, Food/Nutrition, AgriBusiness,
Chicago faces more corporate departures as Tyson Foods moves to Arkansas
Tyson Foods Inc. will relocate about 1,000 corporate positions from the Chicago area as well as South Dakota to its headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas.
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10/07/2022 SOURCE: www.no-tillfarmer.com
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Topics: Beef Cattle, Insects, Ranching,
Cattle Ranchers On High Alert After Longhorned Tick Found in Missouri
Warming temperatures are creating perfect conditions for the disease-causing pest to spread.
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JAMES MSASA
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Ag Tech,
‘A growing machine’: Scotland looks to vertical farming to boost tree stocks
Hydroponics unit can produce saplings six times faster than it takes to grow them naturally outdoors
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, Fertilizer,
'Most expensive crop in decades': Farmers face higher stakes than ever with inflation
Every American household has felt the weight of inflation this year, but farmers have it worse than most as costs soar.
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