Agwired

JANUARY 10, 2024

A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS), university and industry scientists has spotted a new genetic vulnerability to tolpyralate herbicide in 49 varieties of corn, marking the first report of the weed control posing a danger to the staple crop. Gowan Crop Protection Limited , an affiliate of Gowan Company, L.L.C.,

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Lodging Greenhouse Crop Technology 45

Modern Farmer

MARCH 7, 2024

The first year, deer ate two acres of strawberries while Topaz and Abeles were sleeping. This past year, squash bugs helped wipe out their pumpkin crop. Across the country, millions of acres of farmland have been lost over the last 30 years, due to development and other forms of land conversion.

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Farming Farming Farmland Agriculture 121

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Unable to muscle Mexico City into reversing course, the US trade representative, Katherine Tai, last August lodged a formal complaint with the secretariat of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). What happens is this: The genetic code of Bt seeds are programmed to produce toxins that attack the stomach linings of crop-munching caterpillars.

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Maize Science Food Crop 141