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Ruminating with RealAg, Ep 15: Cover crops, winter feeding, and trying new things

Real Agriculture

Cover crops are all the not-quite-so-new rage and the process of integrating them into current agricultural systems has been gaining ground (pun intended).

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Bayer considering spinning off crop science business

Real Agriculture

Bayer’s new CEO says the company’s management is evaluating whether to spin off its crop science division as part of a company-wide restructuring process.

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Consultation underway on final hurdle to approving gene edited crops in Canada

Real Agriculture

It’s been a long process, but Canada is nearing a final decision on the use of gene editing in crop development. Read More It’s been a long process, but Canada is nearing a final decision on the use of gene editing in crop development. Read More

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Scots Quality Crops to streamline on-farm audit process

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Cereals assurance body Scottish Quality Crops is establishing a new rolling certification model as part of its auditing process from 1 October. The current annual scheme is being replaced with product specific certification, which will allow grain passports to be issued to growers earlier in the year.

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Brainfood: Pacific plant use, Rapa Nui crops, E African crops, Cotton domestication, Fertile Crescent Neolithic, Dutch Neolithic, S Italy crops, Rice domestication, Maize domestication

Agricultural Biodiversity

Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago. Identification of breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ) and South American crops introduced during early settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), as revealed through starch analysis. A bit like Rapa Nui, Lake Victoria got crops from both west and east over time.

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Brainfood: Nutrition sensitive ag, nLCA, Organic expansion, Cheese value, Ethiopia anemia, Women empowerment, Homegardens, Ultra-processed food industry, Cassava processing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Women’s empowerment, production choices, and crop diversity in Burkina Faso, India, Malawi, and Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data. The ultra-processed food industry in Africa. Which the ultra-processed food industry is probably ignoring, but mothers-in-law are not.

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Bayer buys HyTech’s Coaldale canola treating and packaging facility

Real Agriculture

As Bayer continues increasing its canola business, we have been exploring ways to enhance the processes and assets that contribute to this important crop,” says Antoine Bernet, president and CEO, Bayer Inc. Bayer CropScience Inc. has acquired the HyTech Production LTd. Read More