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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, AgriBusiness,

The Iowa Farm Bureau is a small nonprofit. It's sitting on a huge business empire. - Investigate Midwest

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, the country’s most profitable farm bureau, influences most aspects of agricultural policy in the state. One profitable loan underscores how large and complex the organization has become.

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Caitlin Schlichting
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Soybean Insect Management - Learn on AgWiki

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Beekeeping, Conservation/Tillage,

The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States

In two decades, the insect's population has declined by nearly 90 percent due to a combination of threats, including habitat loss, pesticides and diseases

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Dairy, Agriculture US, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Jobs US, Coronavirus/COVID,

Dairy farmers forced to pour tens of thousands of litres of milk away due to HGV driver shortage and rising costs and labour shortages

The slim margin on milk and its short shelf life means any small hit to the labour market has a much larger effect on dairy than other products.

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Caitlin Schlichting
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Everything Old is New Again: Managing Sedges in Rice - Learn on AgWiki

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, Government / Policies, Food Security/Shortage,

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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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Ranching,

10/07/2021 SOURCE: www.einnews.com

FROM THE USDA: Deadline to Apply for Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers with Animal Losses Extended.

NEWS FROM THE USDA: Deadline to Apply for Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers with Animal Losses Extended. September 16, 2021 USDA Extends Deadline to

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A mega-drought is hammering the US. In North Dakota, it's worse than the Dust Bowl

Ranchers in North Dakota have been forced to sell off their herds at historic rates. Now t...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Research, Plant Breeding,

Bacteria enters through natural openings at edges of corn leaves to cause Goss's wilt- TechCodex

Bacterial colonization and movement. Credit: Alexander Mullens and Tiffany M. Jamann Goss’s bacterial wilt and leaf blight is one of the most damaging diseases affecting corn. The most effective way to control this disease is to plant corn varieties that are resistant to the disease. In other words, growers avoid the disease by growing certain […]

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Irrigation, Agriculture US, Water,

What if farmers really could use 50% less water? Arizona would be a different place

We need more partnerships like the one between N-Drip and Central Arizona Project on drip irrigation if we're serious about saving water.

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