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TOPIC(S): Poultry, AgriBusiness, Consumer/Retail,

08/12/2021 SOURCE: apnews.com

With chicken prices soaring, Sanderson Farms sold for $4.5B

With the price of chicken soaring, the third-largest poultry producer in the U.S. is being bought for $4.53 billion. Cargill and Continental Grain have formed a joint venture to acquire Sanderson Farms, paying $203 per share in cash for a company that last year processed more than 4.8 billion pounds of meat.

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Topics: Soil Health, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Pollinators, Education,

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is a comprehensive concept. It includes the diversity of all life on earth, from flowers and bees to bacteria and tropical forests. Biodiversity is essential to humankind, for it is the foundation for our food, clean air, soil quality and other ecosystem services. Biodiversity and nature also benefit our well-being: green is good for us. Moreover, biodiversity has intrinsic value: who are we to decide whether a panda or tiger deserves to live?

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First water cuts in US West supply to hammer Arizona farmers

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — A harvester rumbles through the fields in the early morning light, mowing down rows of corn and chopping up ears, husks and stalks into mulch for feed at a local dairy. The cows won't get their salad next year, at least not from this farm.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Innovation,

Innovating from the ground up

Farmers around the world are using new technology to create more sustainable, efficient operations

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Research, Weather,

Tree Care After Winter Storm Uri

Anything green has a chance of recovery, experts say.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, USDA, Government / Policies,

08/11/2021 SOURCE: www.nationalhogfarmer.com

Full Senate approves USDA Undersecretary Moffitt

USDA undersecretary nominees Bonnie and Torres Small votes also cleared out of Senate Ag Committee.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Gardening, Goats, Urban Farming,

Goats Munch Their Way Through Invasive Plants In Webster Groves

Webster Groves is wrapping up a pilot project to see if goats are an option to help eliminate invasive plants throughout the city.

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Environment, Climate Change,

Power Above, Berries Below: Farmers Reap Double Benefits With Solar Power in Fields

Solar panels generate electricity in the fields, helping both farmers and climate protection. DW visits a German solar farm — and looks at other places this combination is paying off. How widely can agrovoltaics spread?

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Potatoes, Research, Ag Europe, Agronomy, Plant Breeding,

Wageningen scientists discover how the potato blight pathogen penetrates the plant

In the 19th century, the notorious pathogen Phytophthora infestans caused a large famine in Ireland and other parts of Western Europe. To this day, it continues to pose a major threat to global food production. It has long been a mystery how this microscopically small organism and other members of the Phytophthora genus mechanically gain entry through the protective layer on the leaves of crops. In a unique collaboration, Wageningen University & Research experts in plant pathology, cell biology and physics have now found an answer to this question. Their discovery also provides new leads to making the control of Phytophthora more effective, more efficient and more sustainable on the long term. Their findings are published in Nature Microbiology.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Insects, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Research, Plant-Based/Animal Free, Animal Health,

Black soldier fly larvae can replace soybean meal in growing pigs

Black soldier fly larvae (BSF) can replace soybean meal (SBM) as protein source in the diet for growing pigs. That was discovered by a multidisciplinary research team of Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and Leiden University, the Netherlands.

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