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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Coffee/Tea, Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Research, Plant Breeding,

UCR Research Could Help Fight Coffee Rust.

By TCRN STAFF October 27, 2021 4 0 Share Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin Email Must Read Environment TCRN STAFF - October

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Pollinators,

Bee colonies have collapsed across the US. One company has developed a high-tech solution

Tiny sensors let beekeepers know if there’s a problem in the hive so they take action before it’s too late

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Jobs, Young Farmers, Sustainability, Ag South America,

Sustainable agriculture project to benefit women and youth launched

Women in the agricultural field will soon get a boost in their development, as Jamaica is among five countries set to benefit from the five-year Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Fruit, Research, USDA,

USDA Announces Over $243 Million in Grants Awarded to Strengthen the Specialty Crop Industry

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of more than $243 million in grants to support specialty crops, including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and nursery crops through two USDA programs – the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Specialty Crop Research Initiative grants program.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Sugarcane, Agriculture Global, Crop Diseases, Fungicides, Sugar, Plant Breeding,

Artificial intelligence accelerates search for markers of resistance to sugarcane yellow leaf disease

Yellow leaf disease, a major sugarcane pest in Brazil, is caused by a virus resistant to thermal treatment. An infected plantation can be saved only by growing plantlets in tissue culture in the laboratory ...

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Water,

America is running out of water: 3 things investors should know - Flipboard

$55 billion of President Biden's proposed infrastructure package, if passed, would go towards improving the U.S. declining water supply. Here's what this means for investors.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Food/Nutrition,

Return to Office: Four Key Drivers to Watch with the Business of Food

By Karol Aure-Flynn, Food & Agribusiness Industry Advisors, Wells Fargo (October 19, 2021) The changing face of the American workplace has serious implications for the business of food. It turns out that our mid-pandemic expectations of the return-to-normal are more complicated than originally envisioned. On August 8, The Wall Street Journal[1] detailed the upending of fall plans for corporate America. While economic recovery has gained momentum, new COVID-19 variants are serving up additional c

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John LaRose Jr.
shared this 2 article 4 years ago
Topics: Crawfish, Agriculture Global, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial), Research, Ag Asia / Pacific,

Fossils of 244 million-year-old extinct bony fish found in China

Three fossilized Peltoperleidus were found in China that date back 244 million years - deeming them the oldest to found. This means the fish lived 2 million years longer than believed.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Water, Sustainability, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Weather,

Triple Bottom Line: The future of agriculture is in the ocean - Daily Trojan

The aquaculture industry could potentially redefine our meals and climate agenda.

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Team AgWiki
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag Africa, AgriBusiness,

Game-changing GM crop finally planted in Nigeria

Last July, for the first time, subsistence farmers in Nigeria planted a new variety of genetically modified (GM) cowpea – and it promises to bolster food

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