USDA deregulates GM wheat, says it is safe to grow in U.S.
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This app set out to fight pesticides. Once VC stepped in, the app ...
Oct 24, 2024 · Before 2013, many Silicon Valley investors were wary of agritech, the name given to the application of advanced technologies and computing to agriculture.Farming is more complex and fragmented than other sectors of the economy, in part due to the uncertainties of weather, environmental pressures, global markets, and local policies.
Report: agriculture runoff is leading cause of water pollution in the …
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Democratic platform calls for net-zero agricultural emissions by 2050
The U.S. farm sector would be the first in the world to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with the assistance of projects such as the USDA’s climate-smart agriculture initiatives…
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Episode 2: Enlisting the Unconvinced. The majority of American farmers don’t believe man-made climate change is real. In this episode, producer Dana Cronin introduces us to some statistically typical American farmers—older, white, male—who grow corn and soybeans.
Report: Fertilizer responsible for more than 20 percent of total ...
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Tyson plant closures left contract chicken farmers with debt and ...
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Kennedy’s talk of ‘When I get inside’ USDA stirs ag unease
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FERN’s Friday Feed: The weeds are winning
Herbicide resistance is growing. Cue the novel weed-whacking strategies. MIT Technology Review “Since the 1980s, more and more plants have evolved to become immune to the biochemical mechanisms that herbicides leverage to kill them.
In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters
May 16, 2024 · For the Nüümü, the water war started in the 1800s, with the arrival of white people in their homeland. At the time, the valley was lush and green, its river banks lined with willows and cottonwoods. The occasional fur trapper and mountain man quickly gave way to a steady stream of sheep and cattle ranchers, and by the 1860s, a community of …