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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Young Farmers, Beef Cattle, Ag Europe,

British farmers are being offered a lump sum payment to leave the industry – but at what cost to agriculture? - Beef Central

Four in ten British farmers are over 65, while the average age is 59. To attract younger blood into the fields, the UK government is running a temporary scheme to entice some of these older professionals into retirement...Read More

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Food Security/Shortage, Trending News,

06/29/2022 SOURCE: today.tamu.edu

Ukraine Conflict Continues To Send Shockwaves Through World Food System

Experts say Russia’s war on Ukrainian agriculture sets the stage for political destabilization and a transformation of global trade patterns.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics,

Kannar’s All-New, All-Natural Seed Safener Helps Seed Reach Its Full Potential - Seed World

Researchers proved long ago that adding pesticides and other chemical treatments to seed can overload the seed, causing germ delays or even some phytotoxic side effects. Because the benefits of seed treatments still outweigh those negative effects, growers have accepted the seemingly necessary consequences. That won’t have to be the case much longer. Kannar Earth […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Fertilizer, Ag Russia & CIS, Ag Asia / Pacific,

Indonesian palm oil farmers see a bleak future

Russia was large source of fertilizer; now prices are skyrocketing

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TOPIC(S): Cotton, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag Africa,

06/27/2022 SOURCE: www.tbsnews.net

Bt Cotton approval. Another alarming threat?

The introduction of GMOs is alarming news for Bangladesh, a country belonging to the biogeographical region known as the origin of diversity, and also for its climatic and agroecological

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag United Kingdom, Coronavirus/COVID,

Final harvest for pandemic-hit Rainford farming business as it appoints administrator

A 45-YEAR established farming and haulage firm is completing their final harvest as it pr...

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Ethanol/Biofuel, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Carbon Farming,

06/24/2022 SOURCE: www.energy.gov

Ethanol vs. Petroleum-Based Fuel Carbon Emissions

Biofuels have been proven to emit significantly lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than petroleum-based fuels, and recent scientific studies indicate that net-zero emission biofuels are not only possible, but achievable. Corn ethanol and other biofuels

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Commodities, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Fertilizer,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/fertilizer-prices-expected-remain-higher-longer

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Rice, Agriculture Global, Poultry,

How the wild jungle fowl became the chicken

New studies propose surprisingly late date, and link to rice growing, for chicken domestication

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag Europe, Ag Australia/NZ,

06/23/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Pressure mounts on EU and NZ to review their strict anti-GMO policies

Two anti-GMO stalwarts — the European Union (EU) and New Zealand — are showing signs of softening their stance toward the technology in the face of climate change impacts and pressure to innovate. Regulators and others in the EU and NZ are advising that existing regulations are out of date and fail to reflect recent advances in the technology, particularly the potential of new tools like gene editing. They say regulatory revisions may be required to reduce carbon emissions and ensure food production remains competitive. Any policy shifts in New Zealand and the EU are expected to have far-reaching effects on farmers, scientists and consumers in both jurisdictions, as well as trading partners and the rest of the world. Gene editing would revolutionize breeding programs in New Zealand, a particularly useful dividend for a country where plant-based commodities account for around half of the export earnings. Genetic engineering has also been fronted as a solution for the increased threat from pests and diseases, such as those afflicting the valuable kiwifruit and forestry industries. The technology could also be used to confer desirable traits on some of the country’s important export plant species.“ Gene editing offers the potential to produce a step change in NZ primary industry productivity, biosecurity and speed of innovation. This is particularly the case for perennial crops with slow or complex breeding cycles that are a feature of NZ’s plant-based exports,” notes a study published in the online journal Frontiers in Plant Science.

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