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US Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to California’s Proposition 12
The law requires pork sold in the state of California to not be raised using sow gestation crates. Certain groups wish to nullify it.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soybeans, Food/Nutrition,
War, weather, and Covid-19 are rekindling the food vs. fuel debate
Cooking oil prices have nearly tripled since 2020, heating up the conversation around how we use our finite supply of soy and corn.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Government / Policies, Ag Middle East,
Women's SHGs Signed a MoA for Resilient & Sustainable Agriculture
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed to begin the programme in tribal-dominated areas in collaboration with RYSS of Andhra Pradesh, which would provide knowledge support based on its extensive experience in the state.
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04/01/2022 SOURCE: www.journal-advocate.com
By Abbey Adolf Caliche FFA Reporter This year has started and we are off and running. The officer team had their retreat during the summer and set some amazing goals for the chapter as well as them…
Caliche agriculture students keeping busy this year
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Crop Consultant, Sustainability, Government / Policies, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,
Government to stop carbon projects that interfere with agriculture and regional communities
Australia's Agriculture Minister will have the power to stop new carbon farming projects covering more than 15 hectares, or more than one third of a farm, from next week.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Economics,
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Cotton, Water, Sustainability,
When It Comes to Cotton Production, Sustainability Is in the Water
Through new technologies, data collection and third-party verification, brands and retailers now have the critical assurances they need to show that the cotton fiber in their supply chain is more sustainably grown, with lower environmental and social risk.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Global Specialty Food, Food Security/Shortage,
Without Access to Ukrainian Sunflower Oil, Iceland Foods Forced to Put Practicality Over Sustainability
Thanks to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the British grocery chain has been cut off from its supply of sunflower oil; the company says it must temporarily revert to using palm oil, which it eliminated from its products in 2018.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage, USDA, Government / Policies,
USDA encourages enrollment of grassland into working land conservation
Grassland Conservation Reserve Program enrollment is open from April 4 to May 13.
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Topics: Pesticides, Environment,
Commentary: Environment International reviews health risks of human exposure to neonics Researchers from China's Sun Yat-sen University summarize analytical methods of neonics in human samples, their internal exposure levels and composition profiles in urine, blood, hair, breast milk, saliva and tooth samples with global comparisons, and daily neonic exposure dose and relative health risks, conclude toxicity of both neonics and their metabolites warrant further investigation
Human exposure to neonicotinoids and the associated health risks: A review
Neonicotinoids (NEOs) are a class of broad-spectrum insecticides dominant in the global market. They were distributed extensively in the environment a…
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