Team AgWiki
Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. NorthEast, GMO's, Consumer/Retail, Food Safety,
Awareness, not mandatory GMO labels, shifts consumer preference
Six years ago, the state of Vermont passed what turned out to be a short-lived law mandating disclosure of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, on all food products. That law's effect? A collective ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Dairy, Animal Welfare/Humane Treatment, Weather, Animal Health,
A nutrition solution can help heat-stressed cows as US warms
Rising temperatures pose major challenges to the dairy industry—a Holstein's milk production can decline 30 to 70% in warm weather—but a new Cornell-led study has found a nutrition-based solution ...
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Wheat, Research, Ag Australia/NZ, Carbon Farming,
Straightening out kinky roots captures carbon and avoids drought stress
Researchers have discovered a new gene in barley and wheat that controls the angle of root growth in soil, opening the door to new cereal varieties with deeper roots that are less susceptible to drought ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture Global, Beef Cattle,
Consider farmers at individual level when controlling livestock disease outbreaks, researchers say
Livestock diseases will be better managed by incorporating the behaviors of individual farmers into national infection control policies, according to new research.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Water, Weather,
Soil quality critical to help some US crops weather heat stress from climate change
The capacity of soil to hold water will be critical to determine how well farms in some regions of the United States manage the problem of prolonged heat stress due to climate change, a new study suggests. ...
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06/23/2022 SOURCE: phys.org
Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a problem for cities.
Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate
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05/31/2022 SOURCE: phys.org
Edible insects and plant-based alternatives to meat will be discussed with children as part of new research.
Edible insects and plant-based proteins to be the subject of classroom debates
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Water, Sustainability,
Development of a potential super wheat for salty soils
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed several new varieties of wheat that tolerate soils with higher salt concentrations. After having mutated a wheat variety from Bangladesh, they ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Fruit, Sustainability, Research,
Sweet lime oils defeat pests
Citrus peel and pulp is a growing waste problem in the food industry and in the home. However, there is potential to extract something useful from it. Work in the International Journal of Environment ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Research,
Global food trade research upends assumptions about how biodiversity fares
In this week's Nature Food, Michigan State University (MSU) researchers find that imports from high-income countries benefit biodiversity in low-income countries.
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