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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Cover Crops, USDA,

Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP)

The Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP), from USDA’s Risk Management Agency, reduces producers’ overall premium bills and helps them maintain their cover crop systems.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Water,

U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees 'Virtual Water' Drain Abroad

As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, AgriBusiness,

06/01/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

JBS statement on cyber attack

GREELEY, Colo., May 31, 2021 -- On Sunday, May 30, JBS USA determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, affecting some of the servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems. The company took immediate action, suspending all affected systems, notifying authorities, and activating the company’s global network of IT professionals and third-party experts to resolve the situation. The company’s backup servers were not affected, and it is actively working with an Incident Response firm to restore its systems as soon as possible.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Tomato,

Tomatoes, New Jersey agriculture go hand-in-hand

Tomatoes and New Jersey agriculture: It’s nearly impossible to have one without the other and with the long-term outlook for the crop, it won’t be necessary to try.“The tomato has long been part...

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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Education U.S. MidWest, Research, Education,

06/01/2021 SOURCE: news.illinoisstate.edu

Fertile ground: Ag program rooted in excellence

Illinois State’s Department of Agriculture used to attract students from family farms who grew up baling hay and showing cattle.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA, Government / Policies, Climate Change,

06/01/2021 SOURCE: www.npr.org

Biden Administration Wants Agriculture Subsidies To Help Fight Climate Change

The White House wants to pay farmers for carbon in their soil. Sequestering carbon on farm...

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Team AgWiki
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World Milk Day

Join us in celebrating World Milk Day 2021! Catch up on the activities on our social media channels and using #WorldMilkDay & #EnjoyDairy!

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TOPIC(S): Beef Cattle, Environment, Cellular Meat, Climate Change, Plant-Based/Animal Free,

06/01/2021 SOURCE: wfpl.org

The ‘Beef’ With Beef: Cattle, Climate Change, And Alternative Meat

Kentucky is a major beef producer, with the most cattle east of the Mississippi. Now a KY company is joining the "alternative meat" business.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Pesticides, Beekeeping, Pest Control, Pollinators,

06/01/2021 SOURCE: newatlas.com

Pollen-sized particles give bees immunity to insecticides

Bees play a critical role in pollinating many of plants that humans eat and are therefore key to food security, but populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. A number of factors are contributing to this, including habitat loss and drought, but a tiny new ingestible particle developed at Cornell University takes aim at a key one, by detoxifying deadly insecticides before they can do these important critters harm.

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Cargill-backed Cow Masks Capture Methane - Flipboard

Jun.01 -- Methane emissions from livestock are a stubborn climate challenge. That's why Cargill is backing this cow mask, Agnieszka de Sousa reports. For more video please visit https://bloomberg.com

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