John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Forestry, Agriculture Global, Research, Genes /Genetics, Climate Change,
Completed Redwood Genome Sequence Reveals Genes for Climate Adaptation and Offers Insights into Genetic Basis for Survival - Save the Redwoods League
The coast redwood is the world’s tallest tree, and its genome is among the most complex sequenced. Nearly nine times larger than the human genome, it is also the second largest genome sequenced.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture Global, Equipment/Machinery,
Farm machine maker Claas sees more chip snags in 2022
Agricultural machinery maker Claas said on Thursday it expects difficulties in securing semiconductor chips to persist for the first half of next year, which could curb a surge in profits linked to booming farm demand.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Food Security/Shortage,
Adorable & heartwarming, but is this really farming or is it gardening?
6-Year-Old Girl Is Officially Georgia’s Youngest Certified Farmer
Bravo to 6-year-old Kendall Rae Johnson! She is growing vegetable while still growing up!
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Soybeans, Agriculture US,
Plenty of interest in this topic with price of Nitrogen fertilizer
Best Management Practices for Growing Second or Third Year Soybean - Cool Bean
Originally Coauthored by: Shawn P. Conley, Seth Naeve and John Gaska December 14, 2016. Modified by S.P.Conley 1/22/18. Modified by S. P. Conley, E. G. Matcham, and L. C. Malone 12/15/2021. Before we start, we fully acknowledge our title “Best management practices for growing second or third year soybean” is a bit misleading as we […]
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Cassava, World Hunger, Ag Africa,
Zambia: Businessman taps into cassava's industrial potential
Lubasi Yuyi built a company that processes cassava into starch, used in various industrial processes.
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JAMES MSASA
Topics: Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, Ag Global Specialty Food, Food Security/Shortage,
Food Dehydration is crucial for decreasing food waste in Africa
Milwaukee Startup Helping Small African Farms Turn Waste into Livelihoods
Agricycle wants to address poverty and put a dent in global food waste. So far, it has created nearly 7,000 livelihoods in Africa and diverted 177 tons of food waste — and counting.
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JAMES MSASA
Topics: Hobby Farming, Young Farmers, Smallholder Farms,
This startup turns food waste into new brands
By offering developing farmers simple technology to preserve their crops and a distribution supply chain, Agricycle creates new markets for farmers.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Economics, Food/Nutrition, Aquaculture/Fish Farming, Fishing (Commercial), World Hunger, Ag Africa,
Zambian entrepreneur capitalises on fish farming opportunities
Allan Mbale's company works with smallholder farmers to raise fish which it then sells to its clients.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Wheat, Research,
'Totally unexpected': Researchers excited by frosted wheat trial
The discovery that a new variety of wheat can make a "significant" recovery from a damaging frost is surprising and exciting researchers in Western Australia.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Government / Policies,
American Agri-Women President executing vision for new leadership program - Brownfield Ag News
The newly elected president of the American Agri-Women hopes to execute her vision for a new leadership program in 2022. Heather Hampton-Knodle of Filmore, Illinois tells Brownfield the program will have a few different tracks starting with non-profit leadership to help members be involved in filling community needs. “How can we help people be aware […]
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