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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

farm production more than doubled, and farm size increased from an average of 215 acres in 1950 to 464 acres in 2023. is losing an average of two tons of topsoil per acre annually. Crop diversity has decreased by 75% since 1950. Irrigated acres have more than doubled since 1960. From 1950 to 2000, U.S. 50% of U.S.

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Herbicide Tolerant Camelina Supports Large Acre Production

Agwired

Yield10 Bioscience announces positive results in the first field test of stacked herbicide tolerance (“HT”) traits in Camelina, which will help support grower adoption for the biofuel feedstock market by enabling weed control and increased access to acreage previously treated with Group 2 herbicides.

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