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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights.

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Herbicide Tolerant Camelina Supports Large Acre Production

Agwired

Yield10 intends to harvest the plants and collect seed yield and oil yield data in the weeks ahead with the goal of selecting lead and back-up stacked HT spring E3902 Camelina lines for commercial development and seed scale-up. Read more from Yield10

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Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Civil Eats

Lower yields mean less cash flow, contributing to wage stagnation. Coffee plants usually take three to four years to produce their first yield, making the crop a gamble at startup, but rising global demand may provide the incentive. million acres of shade-grown coffee, much of it bordering protected natural areas.

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Precision Ag News 6/27

Agwired

A new article researched and co-authored by American Soybean Association staff explores how farmers can potentially benefit from new biotechnology innovations. The new shop provides a user-friendly platform for customers worldwide. Biolevel Ltd. ,

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

While these breeding programs furthered the base of scientific knowledge around plant breeding and led to significant increases in yields, farmers were slowly pushed out of their historical role as the primary stakeholders in seed saving and development. per planted acre of seed in 1990 paid $93.48 Source: Philip H.

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Inside Bayer’s State-by-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits

Civil Eats

Harris represents Soda Springs, where Bayer operates a 540-acre processing plant to manufacture glyphosate. Both nationally and in individual farm states, Bayer and other pesticide companies join and support overlapping associations and trade groups that involve industry peers and yield influence behind the scenes.

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