TOPIC(S): Organic, Consumer/Retail,

12/10/2020 SOURCE: fortune.com

Why this organic-food founder is trying to clean up the diaper business

Babies wear an average of 2,500 diapers per year--but are these essential products sufficiently regulated?

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Dairy, AgriBusiness,

Pa. milk board finds solution for farmers' Dean Foods claims woes - Farm and Dairy

The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board created a form letter dairy farmers can use to respo...

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US,

Likely and interesting read.

South Dakota Soil Health Coalition releases new children's book

PIERRE, S.D. — Just in time for the holidays, the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition (SD...

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TOPIC(S): Dairy, Organic, Food/Nutrition,

12/09/2020 SOURCE: www.dairyfoods.com

Organic Valley debuts new variety of low-fat chocolate milk

Organic Valley said its new low-fat chocolate milk will hit the shelves in January.

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Soybeans, Precision AG , Ag Asia / Pacific,

U.S. Soy Models Smart Agriculture at Symposium in Taiwan - U.S. Soybean Export Council

Participants of the Taiwan Smart Agriculture Technology Symposium explored U.S. Soy’s co...

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TOPIC(S): Dairy, Agriculture US, AgriBusiness,

12/09/2020 SOURCE: www.capitalpress.com

Farm Bureau takes stand in Dean Foods 'shakedown'

Almost 500 dairy farmers who once sold milk to Dean Foods received letters threatening leg...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, Education U.S. MidWest, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics, World Population,

Team IDs differences in gene-related activity between ancient, modern

Nebraska's Jinliang Yang and colleagues have shown how activating and deactivating genes, rather than swapping them out or rewriting them, may have directed the evolution of modern-day corn.

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TOPIC(S): Economics, Ag India,

12/09/2020 SOURCE: m.economictimes.com

US lawmakers with interests in agriculture back farmers

“Punjabi farmers must be allowed to protest peacefully against their government without fear of violence,” said Doug LaMalfa, a Republican lawmaker who represents Californians first Congressional district.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Climate Change, Weather,

12/09/2020 SOURCE: www.publicnewsservice.org

Agriculture Steps Up to Meet Climate Change

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With farms and ranches on the front lines of climate change, organizations have come together to launch the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance. Megan Baskerville, agriculture program director for The Nature Conservancy in Illinois, said farmers here already are seeing more frequent rains in the spring and longer dry spells in the summer. ...