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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Peanuts, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Genes /Genetics, Education,

Peanut studies reveal surprising truths about RNA and open door to better understanding epigenetic mechanisms

Plants encounter microbes all the time, in the air, water, and soil. Some cause disease, others are neutral, but a few microbes promote plant health

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics, Coronavirus/COVID,

BYU researchers sequenced the quinoa genome. Now they’re introducing hybrids of the crop to developing nations

As soils across the world become less fertile and more desert-like due to climate change, it’s getting harder for farmers, especially those in developing nations, to grow basic life-preserving crops such as corn, wheat and rice.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Dairy, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Fertilizer,

On-farm dry manure bedding management: Goals and pitfalls

Taking steps to minimize bacteria in manure solids used for bedding is beneficial for milk quality and herd health.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Irrigation, Agriculture Global, Water, GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, Weather,

5 ways gene editing is making crops climate-resilient - Alliance for Science

Our world is undergoing climate changes that have triggered a spate of calamitous disruptions on agricultural production and overall food security. From the devastations of tropical typhoons to droughts that are increasingly pervasive and severe, it appears that Nature is trumpeting her rather boisterous bid to furnish us with a new order. In the agricultural […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Jobs, Agriculture Global, Economics, Government / Policies, Ag Podcast Global, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag North America,

Rural areas, agriculture may be hardest hit by trucker shortage with vaccine mandate

Several of Canada's key economic sectors are bracing for the impending cross-border vaccin...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Water, Research, Ag Europe, Education, Weather,

Drought makes heatwaves hotter, but less deadly

During heatwaves, there is no rain and the soil dries out. This further enhances the rising of heatwave temperatures. But remarkably, desiccated soils also have an advantage: they reduce air humidity and make a heatwave less deadly to humans.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Commodities, Agriculture Global, Economics, Research, Trade (Commodities), Government / Policies, Coronavirus/COVID,

Agricultural Commodities: 2021 Review & Outlook For 2022

The year 2021 proved to be a prosperous year for the entire value chain participants of the Agri sector. The agricultural commodities have trended upwards since the beginning of 2021.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Commodities, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Australia/NZ,

‘Three key factors’: Agriculture businesses making bumper profits

National Farmers’ Federation’s Charles Thomas says the record result seen for this financial year for farmers comes down to three factors. It comes as agriculture businesses are making bumper profits and investors are paying top dollar for land and access to other opportunities. “It’s the same factors that decide our success almost every season; it’s the climate, so we’ve got a really favourable La Niña weather system playing on the east coast at the moment,” Mr Thomas told Sky News host Cory Bernardi. “Second is our commodity prices, so we’re seeing very favourable commodity prices. “The final thing is the currency...the Australian farm sector exports two-thirds of what we produce, so what the farmers get paid at the end of the day is really dictated in US dollar term.”

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Ag Africa,

01/03/2022 SOURCE: www.newsday.co.zw

Agriculture as the trigger to industrialisation - NewsDay Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has an estimated 15 million hectares of arable agricultural land, of which an estimated four million was bought by black farmers on a willing buyer willing seller basis before the disastrous fast-track land reform programme of 2000.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Coffee/Tea, Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Ag South America, Weather,

Small coffee farmers lay their chips on smart agriculture to overcome climate crisis in the Cerrado biome - South Africa Today

A long drought followed by a strong freeze in 2020 damaged the coffee harvest in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer and exporter of the crop. Small farmers in the Cerrado region who generally don’t use irrigation because of the area’s historically abundant rainfall were hit the hardest. To take on the challenges brought on by […]

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