10/14/2021 SOURCE: thelintonian.com
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research…
USDA announces $146M+ investment in sustainable agricultural research; Purdue grabs $10M to diversify the Corn Belt | The Lintonian
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soybeans, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Fungicides, Research,
Soybean study designs and implements a more effective and less toxic bio-fungicide - Samachar Central
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fungal diseases of plants are normally managed through the application of fungicides, which are not only toxic to the pathogens that cause these diseases but to other organisms, including humans, animals, and the environment, especially after long and repeated applications. A recent article summarizes an attempt to use dsRNA molecules, which […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Coffee/Tea, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Europe,
Wake up and smell the 'sustainable' coffee produced in Finnish lab
HELSINKI: With climate change threatening traditional coffee farming, Finnish scientists say they have produced coffee from cell cultures with an aroma and taste resembling the real thing. The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland may have come up with a more sustainable alternative to growing
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Government / Policies, Ag South America,
An efficient and low-cost approach to detecting food fraud
Fraudulent practices in food production, especially false claims of geographical origin, cause billions of dollars in economic damage every year. Botanists at the University of Basel have now developed a model that can be used to determine the origin of food in an efficient and low-cost manner.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID,
COVID-19 leads to African agricultural innovation - Verve times
by The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture A bean market in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Neil Palmer/CIAT In a paper published in Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, researchers found that farmers in East Africa (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) were able to better […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability,
Start Maize Farming Commercially For Making Money
Maize farming is very popular among the farmers in many parts of the world. It has become a staple food in many parts of the world with total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Sustainability, Research, Sweet Corn, Ag Innovation,
Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement
URBANA, Ill. – New research from the University of Illinois shows sweet corn, when planted at high densities, has steadily increased in yield since the 1930s. The historical view underscores the importance of planting modern density-tolerant hybrids at their optimal densities, and suggests an opportunity to improve density tolerance even more.
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Alabama Innovator Featured in Video About Climate-Smart Farming – U.S. Farmers and Ranchers In Action
Every farmer, every acre, every voice matters
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Potential crop yields can be dozens of percentage points higher than estimated
Food security policies implemented by governments, businesses and organisations such as the UN rely partly on global models that assess current and potential crop yields. Scientists at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln warn that these global top-down models have certain shortcomings.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Young Farmers, Sustainability,
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