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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Wheat,

Ukrainian Wheat Farmers Struggle to Harvest Their Crop

Our thoughts include Ukrainian farmers as they try to harvest their wheat amid the challenges of an armed invasion of their lands.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Insects, Environment, Ag North America,

07/21/2022 SOURCE: www.nationalgeographic.com

Monarch butterflies are now an endangered species

The IUCN also announced that sturgeon are in rapid decline, while tiger populations are stabilizing.

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Team AgWiki
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Cellular Meat, Climate Change, Plant-Based/Animal Free, Consumer/Retail,

How sustainable are fake meats?

Marketed to meat lovers, plant-based burgers like Impossible and Beyond claim to taste like the real thing and to have far lighter environmental footprints. Here’s what the numbers have to say.

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TOPIC(S): GMO's, Ag Tech, Ag Africa,

07/21/2022 SOURCE: allianceforscience.cornell.edu

Anti-GMO groups lose court case in Nigeria - Alliance for Science

A Nigerian court today threw out a case filed by anti-GMO civil society groups against the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). Justice D.U Okoro of the Federal high court in Abuja dismissed in its entirety a suit filed by 17 groups led by Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF). Dr. Rufus Ebegba, director general and […]

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Education U.S. SouthEast, Economics, Beef Cattle,

07/20/2022 SOURCE: blogs.ifas.ufl.edu

UF scientist wins federal grant to reduce heat stress, improve beef production in cattle - News

Every year across the country, heat causes $300 million in damage to cattle, ample reason for University of Florida scientists to try to cool the animals and increase their beef production. The newest scientific effort will be led by Philipe Moriel, a UF/IFAS associate professor of beef cattle management. Moriel has received a five-year, $640,000 […]

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Commodity/Trade Groups,

07/20/2022 SOURCE: www.farmprogress.com

New soybean leaders elected

North and South Dakota elect new leadership for soybean groups.

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TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Ag Tech, Ag Startups & Financing, Blockchain,

07/20/2022 SOURCE: agfundernews.com

Blockchain startup ucrop.it raises $3.1M to help farmers prove sustainable practices

Argentina's ucrop.it, a blockchain-enabled platform, announced the close of its pre-series A funding round to track sustainable farming practices.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Weather,

Extreme Heat And High Nighttime Temps Now Hitting At A Crucial Time For A U.S. Corn Crop Planted Late

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey is concerned about the impact this week's high heat could have on corn production as the majority of the crop was planted late. The August forecasts are also concerning for soybeans.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Wheat, Trade (Commodities), Commodity/Trade Groups,

Idaho wheat industry hosts young flour miller trade team

A trade team of flour millers from Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Oman began their tour of th...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this 2 article 3 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Cotton, Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Sustainability,

Swapping ‘Jugs’ for Cover Crops Leads to Greener No-Till Future

When Matt Griggs decided to embark on no-till practices more than a decade ago he was already dealing with a degraded soil resource. More than 100 years of conventional tillage and a monoculture of cotton on his family’s rolling farm ground had caused erosion and stripped soils of organic matter.

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Matt Brechwald is the world's most prolific agricultural podcaster. Consistently podcasting since 2014 Matt has hosted well over 1,000 podcasts about agriculture and conducted hundreds of radio interviews as well. From his farm in Kuna, Idaho, Matt has developed the term "Off-Farm Income" into a multi-national brand.

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