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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Plant Breeding, Education, Food Security/Shortage,

Farming reboot could lay seeds for prosperity in poor and food insecure regions

Agriculture experts from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with government bodies and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa to improve irrigation schemes and boost crop production. The researchers' work is improving food security, reducing water waste and lifting people out of poverty.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Environment, Climate Change,

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Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year

Fires raged. Rivers flooded. Ice melted. Droughts baked. Storms brewed. Temperatures soared. And people died. Climate change in 2021 reshaped life on planet Earth through extreme weather. World leaders are gathering in Scotland to try to accelerate the fight to curb climate change.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Soybeans, Agriculture Global, Research,

Student’s research makes soybeans easier for animals to digest

In a small town in rural Colombia, Diana Escamilla Sanchez’s grandfather raised coffee, oranges, plantains, bananas and corn. Her childhood on the farm made Escamilla aware of the difficulties small farmers faced in Colombia when marketing their goods.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Organic, Food/Nutrition, Urban Farming,

11/06/2021 SOURCE: apnews.com

Maine passes nation’s 1st ‘right to food’ amendment

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters passed the nation’s first “right to food” constitutional amendment on Tuesday. A statewide referendum asked voters if they favored an amendment to the Maine Constitution “to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being.” It was an experiment not tried before by any state.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Commodities, Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Middle East,

Jordan Valley farmers say their profits plummet in face of rising production costs

AMMAN — Farmers have been significantly hit with production cost increases, according to a stakeholder.“Most farmers in the Jordan Valley are turning towards low-cost agribusiness such as growing potatoes, onions, garlic and carrots,” Nawash Al Yazjeen, a farmer from the Jordan Valley, told The Jordan Times over the phone on Thursday. He added that labour, transport and the operational costs of farming are very high, noting that few farmers nowadays are making any profit and most farmers are in debt.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Research, Ag Innovation, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Weather,

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

One way or another, life just off the coast of California is about to change....

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Sustainability, Environment, Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Farming,

11/05/2021 SOURCE: www.fastcompany.com

3 reasons agriculture is poised for a surge of sustainable innovation

To transition to more sustainable practices, farmers need better policy, better tech, and more access to capital. All could be coming soon.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Ag Innovation, Weather,

HREC NDAWN station goes high tech

HETTINGER, N.D. – Farmers were fascinated by the towering North Dakota Agricultural Weat...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Research, Ag Innovation, Weather,

Using machine learning to predict a ground frost

Machine learning can be used to forecast when a geographical region might have a ground frost, according to new work published in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. Weather ...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Pesticides, Education U.S. MidWest, Beekeeping, Fruit, Research, Pollinators,

As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits

Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study shows. A multiyear study of commercial-scale fields in the Midwest found this approach led to a 95% reduction in pesticid

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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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