06/28/2021 SOURCE: ritzherald.com
Corn is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. But stalk lodging destroys up to one-quarter of the U.S. corn crop each year. Stalk lodging is breakage of the stalk at or below the ear. when Last August, a derecho — a straight-line windstorm with hurricane-force winds —…
Stronger Corn Stalks Could Lead to Greater Food Security | The Ritz Herald
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06/28/2021 SOURCE: www.fastcompany.com
Farming the date palm results in deforestation and atrocious labor conditions. But it’s also a cheap and easy source of biofuels and a replacement for trans fats. The question is now: boycott or reform?
How palm oil became the world’s most used—and most hated—fat
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06/28/2021 SOURCE: www.cnbc.com
Regenerative farming focuses on replenishing the soil's nutrients by using things like no-till cultivation, rotational cattle grazing and planting cover crops.
These farming techniques can help trap carbon dioxide in the soil and make farmers an extra buck
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soybeans, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Ag Podcast US, Economics, Weather,
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Topics: Precision AG , Irrigation, Crop Consultant, Economics, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger,
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06/26/2021 SOURCE: www.sabcnews.com
A new agriculture programme launched by the US Consul General, in Durban, in collaboration with the Durban University of Technology and a Mandela-Washington Fellow wants to empower young farmers with skills to turn their crops into cash.
US Consul General launches agriculture programme to empower young farmers - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
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06/26/2021 SOURCE: www.fox13now.com
The latest metrics provided by the state show that agriculture producers are having to get by with 75% less water than they normally see.
Utah's farmers explore ways to be more water efficient
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Opinion: A farmer’s perspective on the Food Systems Summit
In this opinion piece, Blake Hurst a farmer and greenhouse grower in Northwest Missouri discusses his perspective on how the food system dialogue should occur.
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Topics: Commodities, Crop Consultant, Ag India, Trade (Commodities), Government / Policies,
Farmers to submit memorandums against agri laws on Saturday; security increased in Delhi
Farmers camping at Delhi's Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders will observe June 26 as the "Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day" to mark the completion of seven months of their agitation.
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Topics: Soil Health, Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Farming,
These farming techniques can help trap carbon dioxide in the soil and make farmers an extra buck
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