TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, FDA, USDA, Coronavirus/COVID,

02/02/2021 SOURCE: www.iowapublicradio.org

Iowa Included In Federal Investigation Into Meat Packing Plant Virus Outbreaks

A U.S. House subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis has launched an investigation looking into coronavirus outbreaks at meat processing plants throughout the country, including Iowa.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Precision AG , Sustainability, Ag Innovation,

Precision Ag Study unveiled by AEM, Ag organizations

AEM and Ag organizations quantify how available precision ag technology improves environmental stewardship, provides economic return for farmers.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Government / Policies, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind), Weather,

The dark side of ‘green energy’ and its threat to the nation’s environment

What happens to old solar panels, windmills and high tech batteries?

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Water, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Weather,

Managing too much rains for farmers

The Leading Family Newspaper in Zimbabwe

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Food/Nutrition, Plant-Based/Animal Free, Consumer/Retail,

02/01/2021 SOURCE: www.detroitnews.com

McDonald’s quietly rolls out McPlant burger in test markets

McDonald’s Corp. has quietly begun selling the McPlant burger in Denmark and Sweden

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Kim Bremmer Kim Bremmer
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Topics: Dairy, Agriculture US, Sustainability,

According to researchers at Virginia Tech, the U.S. dairy industry contributes approximately 1.58 percent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions. A commonly suggested solution to reduce greenhouse gas output has been to reduce or eliminate this industry in favor of plant production. Yet according to the research, the removal of dairy cows from the United States agricultural industry would only reduce greenhouse emissions by about 0.7 percent while significantly lowering the available supply of essential nutrients for humans: protein requirements of 169 million people, calcium requirements of 254 million people, and energy requirements of 71.2 million people. Maybe it's because I work in the dairy industry, but I rarely hear what other industries are doing to lower their GHGs. What have you seen?

Virginia Tech researchers find that removal of dairy cows would have minimal impact on greenhouse emissions

Researchers found that the removal of dairy cows from the United States agricultural industry would only reduce greenhouse emissions by about 0.7 percent while significantly lowering the available supply of essential nutrients for humans

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TOPIC(S): Antibiotics, Coronavirus/COVID,

02/01/2021 SOURCE: www.postandcourier.com

Aging for Amateurs: Another pandemic and we haven't even gotten a handle on this one!

While antibiotic resistance is not as deadly as COVID-19, experts in infectious diseases expect this issue to cause at least 10 million deaths worldwide every year by 2050.

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