John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane, Agriculture US, Economics, Coronavirus/COVID,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Sustainability, Vertical Farming, Urban Farming,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Economics, Hemp, Ag Africa,
Two Wits students focus on agritech for cannabis industry
Two master’s students at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), Constant Beckerling and Anlo van Wyk, are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called ‘green gold’, industry. Their novel cannabis cultivation technologies, developed for the African climate, have earned them special recognition in the Biosciences category of the Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP).
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Here’s one way we can get people to choose more climate-friendly foods
Even some people who didn’t want to know the environmental impact of their food were convinced to make a more sustainable swap.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Vegetables, Agriculture Global, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Ag Global Specialty Food, World Hunger,
Trelawny Is Jamaica’s ‘Yam Belt’ And Where Yam Legends Are Made
Eighty percent of all agricultural production in Jamaica's parish of Trelawny consists of yams, making it the backbone of Jamaica's global export dominance of the staple. Trelawny yams have also taken on a legendary status, and are viewed as a source of both stamina and longevity.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Jobs US,
Why Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Could Be a ‘Big F**king Deal’ for American Farmers
It is, at long last, Infrastructure Week in Washington. It likely will be for months to come, too. President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally unveiled a $2-trillion infrastructure proposal during an afternoon speech that kicked off what is expected to be a prolonged sales pitch for the sweeping package. “It’s not a plan that tinkers around the edges,” he said. “It’s a once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we've done since we built the interstate highway system and the space race decades ago.' Dubbed the American Jobs Plan, the eight-year spending proposal promises to modernize 20,000 miles of roads, repair
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Markets/Pricing, Economics, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Agricultural production slumps to 2016 levels
AGRICULTURAL production dropped by N$2 billion last year to slide to 2016 levels.
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Once climate change deniers, the agriculture industry positions itself as part of the solution
Riding a wave of shifting public opinion about the reality of climate change, the industry is positioning as part of the climate solution.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Irrigation, Agriculture Global, Research, Fertilizer, World Population, Weather,
NASA data supports agricultural analytics -- GCN
NASA data is powering soil analytics that can deliver accurate and scalable irrigation and fertilization metrics and enable research into the impact of extreme weather events.
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U.S. court slams brakes on Trump-era hog slaughter line speed rule; union cheers
The largest U.S. meatpacking union celebrated a victory in federal court on Wednesday that it said invalidated a Trump-era rule allowing hog slaughter plants to run without line speed limits.
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