John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Crop Diseases, Potatoes, Genes /Genetics,
MSU researchers breeding beetle-resistant potato varieties
Potato farmers face many challenges. One tiny, yet devastating, pest is the Colorado potato beetle. It can cause immense damage to potato crops. It’s also notorious for becoming resistant to …
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Gardening, Sustainability, Urban Farming,
How To Plant A Fall Cover Crop - Power Your Garden & Stop Weeds Now!
See how to easily plant a fall cover crop in your garden this year - and why it can make next year's garden your best garden ever!
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To fix our food systems, we need tech for smallholder farmers
Digital innovations in food systems aren’t reaching the people who need them most
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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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