Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

More than 70 percent of North America’s biodiversity-rich prairies have been replaced with wheat, soy, corn, alfalfa and canola, primarily used as cattle feed. These crops are also the largest consumer of increasingly scarce river water in the Western United States.

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Farming Farming Ecology Food 113

UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

The major achievements of the Green Revolution consisted of the development of high-yielding crop varieties, increased mechanization, synthetic fertilizers, a dizzying array of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.), Pesticide use has increased more than 150%. and various production technologies.

Food 98

Food Acre Pesticide Fertilizer 98

Civil Eats

JANUARY 24, 2025

During Rollins hearing, she referred repeatedly to her childhood on farms, raising cattle as a member of Future Farmers of America and 4-H, and her degree in agricultural development from Texas A&M. The issues that came up most often (and which many Democrats also touched on) were biofuels and trade. Kennedy, Jr.,

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Food Science Agriculture Agriculture 136