Agwired

DECEMBER 21, 2023

bushels per acre in this year’s annual National Corn Growers Association yield contest with Pioneer brand corn product P14830VYHR. Hula crushed his previous world record of 616 bushels per acre set in 2019 with the Pioneer brand P1197 family of products. David Hula of Charles City, Virginia, set a new world record of 623.84

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Meadow Acre Pesticide Science 59

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

land, with cropland expanding by 1 million acres per year, fueling habitat loss for wildlife and mammals. Pesticides can harm or kill mammals and can also reduce prey and attract invasive species that compete with native mammals for resources, explained Gaurav Singh-Varma, a researcher at the University of British Columbia.

Farming 104

Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 104

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

According to the techno-optimists, hacking photosynthesis by genetically modifying rubisco, the enzyme found in all plants that turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into starches, proteins, and other nutrients will allow us to radically increase rice yields in Asia. I’d arrived in mid-May, just as the reddish-orange poppies were blooming.

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Food Pasture Agriculture Agriculture 139