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Industry Ag News 9/22

Agwired

Farm Foundation , an accelerator of practical solutions for agriculture, is pleased to announce the call for nominations for its 2024 annual suite of awards celebrating significant achievements in the agriculture and food sectors. A modest rebound in U.S. Martha joins ASTA after 10 years at the U.S. million to $370.9

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The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)