John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, Weather,
Can sustainability standards effectively mitigate food system challenges?
URBANA, Ill. – While agrifood production is essential for feeding our growing global population, it can also contribute to environmental and social problems, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, poor or precarious labor conditions, and persistent poverty. Certification and standards can encourage use of sustainable production practices, but how effective are such programs in addressing food system challenges?
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Vegetables, Crop Diseases, Research, Plant Breeding,
Stronger lettuce stems are a key part of disease resistance
Lettuce drop is a lettuce disease that results in browning or wilting of leaves, plant collapse, and death. The disease has not been well-researched, but a new study shows that a stronger stem increases resistance to lettuce drop.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Water, Hemp, Vertical Farming, Ag Innovation, Weather,
Hemp-based composite could facilitate soil-free farming
Given the diversity of its applications, hemp has become an increasingly popular crop in the United States and elsewhere over the past half-decade. That increasing production has led to surges of an appealing ...
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Wheat, Ag North America,
Saskatchewan winter cereal crops expected to thrive after many producers planted early | Globalnews.ca
After a severe drought this summer devastated Saskatchewan farmers, this years' crops came off early, which means winter cereal crops were able to be planted sooner.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Education U.S. MidWest, Young Farmers, FFA/4-H,
FFA Alum Takes Ag Ed Abroad
The former national FFA president has dedicated his career to building school-based agriculture programs in developing countries.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Coffee/Tea, Food/Nutrition, Gardening,
How To Use Coffee Grounds To Power Your Garden, Annuals & Perennials
See how to use coffee grounds to power your plants - You might be amazed at the power of coffee grounds to help fertilize plants!
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soybeans,
Possible multi-million dollar soy-crushing plant in the works near Casselton
CASSELTON, N.D. (KFGO) - The Casselton area could soon see a $400 million soy crushing plant that would create...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Vegetables, Crop Consultant, Conservation/Tillage, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Research, Regenerative Agriculture,
Researchers make chicory plants without bitter compounds
Researchers have used new breeding techniques to develop a chicory variety that no longer contains bitter compounds. Katarina Cankar, plant researcher at Wageningen University & Research: “In the European CHIC project, we are working on improved industrial chicory varieties (related to witloof) that contain dietary fibre and compounds that have potential medicinal properties.” The research consortium published their results in the Plant Biotechnology Journal.
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Government / Policies, Climate Change,
Why experts don't want a new international body for food science.
An “IPCC for food” is more controversial than it sounds.
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Team AgWiki
Topics: Food/Nutrition,
Protein-based foods
Protein is a building block of life and we'll need to grow more protein, more sustainably, to feed the world's growing population. We're helping make new high protein foods and feed with our expertise in livestock production, cropping systems, proteomics, food science, innovation and more.
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