John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Government / Policies, Ag South America,
An efficient and low-cost approach to detecting food fraud
Fraudulent practices in food production, especially false claims of geographical origin, cause billions of dollars in economic damage every year. Botanists at the University of Basel have now developed a model that can be used to determine the origin of food in an efficient and low-cost manner.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Coffee/Tea, Fruit, Economics, Research, Ag South America, Weather,
Colombia’s avocado boom shows the hidden costs of ‘green gold’
As avocados replace coffee crops in many parts of Colombia, scientists warn there are consequences for wildlife.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, Ag South America, Pollinators,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Pesticides, Forestry, Pest Control, Insects, Research, Ag South America,
Palm tree disease in Florida transmitted by traveling bug from Jamaica - Samachar Central
Brian W. Bahder doing fieldwork. Credit: Brian W. Bahder What began as a curious survey of an insect in Florida revealed a much larger network of movement across the Caribbean basin. Haplaxius crudus, commonly known as the American palm cixiid, transmits phytoplasmas (bacteria that cause plant diseases) in palm. The American palm cixiid is known […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Economics, Beef Cattle, Research, Ag South America,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Fruit, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag Global Specialty Food, Ag South America,
In First, Israeli Avocado Farmers to Grow Superfood in Morocco to Meet Surge in Global Demand
An avocado farm off the coast of Lagos, Portugal. Photo: Reuters Israel’s largest grower and exporter of citrus is for …
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08/19/2021 SOURCE: www.ipsnews.net
Access to water is a constant struggle in Central America, a region with more than 60 million people, many of whom live in rural areas where conditions for good quality water and enough for food produ
Community-Based Solutions Alleviate Water Shortages in Central America – In Pictures
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Ag South America,
Pink lagoon and peculiar galaxies — July’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soybeans, Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Government / Policies, Ag South America,
Brazilian farmers plan to expand soybean area; protein producers short of corn import from Argentina
Brazilian farmers are planning to expand their soy area for the 15th consecutive year, according to a survey by consulting firm Datagro. The world’s largest soybean producer and exporter will increase the area sown by 4%, to 40.57 million hectares in the 2021/2022 season.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Sugarcane, Coffee/Tea, Fruit, Ag South America,
Coffee, cane and orange crops at risk as temperatures plunge in Brazil
Temperatures fell in swathes of Brazil on Thursday - with rare snowfall overnight in some places - as a polar air mass advanced toward the center-south of the global agricultural powerhouse, threatening coffee, sugarcane and orange crops with frosts.
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