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Nutrition Expert Debunks Myth Claiming Humans Aren't Made To Eat Meat

Animal or plant-based diet? Which are we biologically-engineered to consume? One nutrition epxert has aimed to settle the debate once and for all.

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Improving Potassium Recommendations:

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Curt Livesay
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Topics: Soybeans,

Soybean Flowering Fallacy

News and Resources for Wisconsin Agriculture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Cover Crops, Forestry, Crop Consultant, Sustainability, Research,

Wild crops could save our food system — if we don't destroy them first

Wild plants keep saving humans from starvation: Endangered sunflowers, lost Native American crops, and rare walnut trees.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

This technology collaborative promises a brighter future for solar

BlueDot Photonics aims to make solar power more efficient and affordable.

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Cocoa, Sustainability, Research, Ag Africa, Pollinators,

Getting hands-on with pollination can boost cocoa yields, study shows | South Africa Today

Less than 10% of flowers in a cocoa tree are pollinated in natural conditions. Efforts to bolster the yields traditionally involved breeding programs or the use of fertilizers and other chemicals. A new study on Indonesian cocoa farms took a different approach: pollinating by hand. Researchers compared cocoa yields using their hands-on process versus traditional […]

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Economics, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Food Security/Shortage,

Innoterra looks to grow India agri business post restructuring, rebranding

Over the past five years Inoterra has invested around $60 million in its various businesses in India so far. The Innoterra platform comprises businesses such as MilkLane, Desai AgriFoods, Samaaru, Farmlink and Lateral Praxis

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

03/13/2021 SOURCE: www.google.com

USDA relocations curtail ag research, farmer confidence

More than a year after two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies were moved from the nation’s capital to Kansas City, Missouri, they remain critically understaffed and some farmers are less confident in the work they produce

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Coronavirus/COVID, Food Security/Shortage,

03/13/2021 SOURCE: modernfarmer.com

A Year (Plus) of COVID-19: How the Pandemic Hit Food and Agriculture

It’s been a truly wild year in food and agriculture. To be fair, it’s been a truly wild year everywhere, one marked by massive societal and economic upheavals as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic—and, in the case of the United States, by the government’s response to the crisis. We’ve put together a timeline of some of the most important moments over the past year related to food and agriculture and its intersection with COVID-19. January 20, 2020. The first official positive COVID-19 test in the United States is found in Washington state. It’s likely that there were other cases

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TOPIC(S): Rice, Climate Change,

03/13/2021 SOURCE: www.sciencedaily.com

Farm-level study shows rising temperatures hurt rice yields

A long-term, farm-level study of the relationship between warmer temperatures and rice yields in the Philippines shows that rising temperatures adversely affect rice yields.

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