John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Forestry, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research,
Appropriate preconditioning and testing could reduce winter damage to seedlings
The growth of the trees in the boreal zone is based on the acclimation and adaptation of their annual cycle with the changes of the weather conditions during the four seasons. Winter damage would be one ...
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From September 3, 2021
USDA Opens Comment Period for Labeling Requirements for Cell-Cultured Meat and Poultry Products
On September 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) opened a comment period in advance of a proposed rule on labeling requirements for me
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Economics, Beef Cattle, Regenerative Agriculture, Weather,
Feed additive reduces cow methane output by 55% | Boing Boing
Methane produced from cows (cow farts and burps) contribute greatly to the harmful emissions on our planet and are a contributor to global warming. As a way to counteract the methane output from be…
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Weather,
Africa to push rapid adoption of biotechnology to transform food systems at historic UN Summit - Alliance for Science
Africa will be pushing for a rapid adoption of biotechnology as one tool to help transform the world’s food systems at the historic United Nation’s Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) on Thursday. The 2021 Africa Agriculture Status Report 2021, launched a few days ago by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), discloses that the […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Crop Diseases, Research, World Hunger, Education,
Scientists uncover pathogen’s similar impact on two very different crops
Bacterial blight leads to browning and sometimes the death of important crops. Most famously, late blight of potato resulted in the Great Irish Famine. Blight continues today, affecting crops around the world. One form of bacterial blight (caused by Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis or Pcal...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Recycling, Regenerative Agriculture,
Special Report: BP gambles big on fast transition from oil to renewables
Deep in the Oman desert lies one of BP's more lucrative projects, a mass of steel pipes and cooling towers that showcases the British energy giant's pioneering natural gas extraction technology.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Livestock/Meat, Ag United Kingdom, Genes /Genetics,
Wow what a turn of policy!
UK set to approve gene-edited livestock and crops in major post-Brexit break with EU policy
The move marks a major shift away from EU post-Brexit and could see better breeds of crop developed
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Genes /Genetics, Ag Innovation,
Glow-in-the-dark plants could act as passive lighting for public spaces
A decent chunk of energy usage goes towards lighting, so scientists at MIT are developing a new kind of passive lighting – glow-in-the-dark plants. In the latest experiment, the team has made them glow much brighter than the first generation plants, without harming their health.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage, Economics, USDA,
Agricultural Economic Insights | CRP, CRP, Where Art Thou Acres?
Since 2007, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage has declined by nearly 17 million acres. The next farm bill will impact the fate of the program.
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