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Topics: Crop Consultant, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

Will the new Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess affect common man?

The Finance Minister has presented the budget, which overall did not seem to touch the middle class in any major way. There was an Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess (AIDC), which has been brought in to aid the agri sector. The cess is not uniform and varies from product to product.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Government / Policies, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Weather,

The dark side of ‘green energy’ and its threat to the nation’s environment

What happens to old solar panels, windmills and high tech batteries?

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TOPIC(S): Conservation/Tillage, USDA, Government / Policies,

02/01/2021 SOURCE: www.pantagraph.com

Guebert: Questions surround carbon sequestration; USDA needs to find answers

One topic most red, blue, and green politicians — and, even more strikingly, farmers —...

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Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Economics, Sustainability, Government / Policies,

$1.3 Million in grants to fund research, grow PA agriculture industry

Eight organizations researching issues critical to sustaining and growing Pennsylvania’s...

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TOPIC(S): USDA, Government / Policies,

01/31/2021 SOURCE: www.politico.com

A $30B fund sitting inside USDA tees up a tug-of-war

A Depression-era financial institution was used by the Trump administration to dole out billions to farmers. Now the Biden team has their own ideas about how the money should be spent.

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India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike | CBC News

India blocked mobile internet services in several areas around New Delhi on Saturday as pr...

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Sustainability, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

Using Food Waste Byproducts for Agricultural Purposes

There's a better end for used food than taking up space in landfills and contributing to global warming.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, Government / Policies,

Kansas Farmers, Former Employees Help Manage Textron Aviation Grassland

Textron Aviation, which has called Kansas home since Cessna was founded in 1927 and Beechcraft in 1932, proudly works with local Kansas farmers to ...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA, Government / Policies,

01/29/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

Biden regulatory freeze halts USDA pandemic payments

As part of a government-wide regulatory freeze, the Biden administration has suspended payments while it reviews the $3 billion in pandemic aid to agricultural producers.

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Topics: Markets/Pricing, Economics, Ag India, Ag Innovation, Government / Policies,

Govt may hike agri credit target to about Rs 19 lakh cr in Budget

"Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and co-operatives are active in the agriculture credit space. The Nabard refinance scheme will be further expanded. Agriculture credit target for the year 2020-21 has been set up at Rs 15 lakh crore," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said while announcing the Budget 2020-21.