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Community pantries, agriculture and youth initiatives | Inquirer Business

Community pantries, spearheaded by a spontaneous youth initiative, is a blessing for agriculture. Feeding our hungry with the fruits of our agriculture has suffered greatly from COVID-19 and increased poverty from unemployment. On Dec. 1, 2018, hunger incidence in Metro Manila was 9 percent. This more than doubled to 21 percent in August 2019. Despite […]

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Ranchers Profile-- Six Questions With Chris Redman

Picture Source--https://www.thefencepost.com/news/grazing-management-key-to-sustaining-resources-on-blue-creek-ranch/ Who was the person that influenced you the most during your journey to becoming a full-time rancher? There have definitely been several along the way. I would have to talk about three people who have been amazing mentors through different periods of my career. Berry Anderson, Clint Richardson, and Mark Kossler have all helped shaped me and my career. Berry Anderson is the one tha

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Topics: Corn/Maize, Irrigation, Dairy, Cover Crops, Education U.S. NorthEast, Water, Research, Fertilizer, Weather,

Climate-smart ag strategies may cut nitrous oxide emissions from corn production | Penn State University

Using dairy manure and legume cover crops in crop rotations can reduce the need for inputs of inorganic nitrogen fertilizer for corn, thereby protecting water quality, but these practices also can contribute to emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. That’s the conclusion of Penn State researchers, who measured nitrous oxide emissions from the corn phases of two crop rotations.

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