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Corteva Announces Breakthrough in Wheat Technology

World Agri-Tech

Accelerate the speed to market of new elite germplasm by increasing the scale of parent seed production over competitors’ technology. Cultivated for over 10,000 years, wheat is grown on about 550 million acres, providing food for hundreds of millions of people and accounting for 20% of calories consumed worldwide.

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Young Farmers Dig Into Land

Modern Farmer

The three team members—Rudman, Oliver Aurand and Kevin Reiss, who met in 2023 on a nearby farm—bring backgrounds in soil science, anthropology and just over a decade of combined field hand experience. It would also help sell a portion of the farm’s produce at regional farmers markets.

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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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This Oregon Farmer Is Building a New Model for Indigenous Food and Agriculture

Civil Eats

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth.

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Start-Up Journeys after World Agri-Tech

World Agri-Tech

Nicolas Pinkowski: “ Before setting out to fundraise, spend the time researching and defining your go-to-market strategy. Having a clear, defensible go-to-market strategy will pay dividends down the line when you go to raise any kind of capital.” We’ll soon publish in a leading soil science journal.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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The Sustainable Soil-ution Beneath Your Feet

Sustainable Harvest International

“ “My philosophy has always been that the health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is one.” ” — Rattan Lal, professor of soil science + 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Conventional, or industrial, agriculture uses chemicals to defend crops from weeds, certain insect species, and diseases.

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