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The Benefits of Mixed Lighting in Cannabis Cultivation

Grow Link

In cannabis cultivation, mixed lighting—combining different types of light sources, such as LEDs and HPS (High-Pressure Sodium)—is quickly gaining attention. Let’s dive into why it works, the science behind it, and how mixed lighting affects your plants. But why mix lighting?

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Building community through cultivation 

AgriLife Today

AgriLife Extension event co-organizer shares success and future of farm-to-table event, Taste 360 The inaugural Taste 360 event, hosted by the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, brought together attendees interested in gardening and farm-to-table food to hear from experts and spark passions.

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Nature and Scope of Farm Management

Agric4profits

Agriculture is regarded as the art and science of cultivating crops, raising livestock, provision of raw materials for agro-allied industries, and marketing of agricultural produce for mans use.

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Cultivating leadership, success for faculty and students

AgriLife Today

New program expands the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ approach to growing leadership The Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is participating in the university Faculty Aspiring Leadership Program to create a faculty-student success initiative aimed at supporting students in their second semester at the university.

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Rescuing Kelp Through Science

Civil Eats

Here, over the next 45 days, the spores will be carefully cultivated into seed for farmers and scientists to outplant in the ocean. Seaweed farms on both coasts are beginning to take hold, tapping into decades of painstaking science—and could help shellfish thrive in waters affected by climate change and pollution.

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Former student cultivates key role in Texas cotton production

AgriLife Today

McKnight goes from education as an agronomy student to educating as state cotton specialist A passion for science and a drive to educate on the value of agriculture to Texas took Ben McKnight, Ph.D., from a student to a faculty member of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and.

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Brainfood: Andean chefs, Tricot, Enset ploidy, Minor livestock, NUS meals, Cocoyam breeding, Millets in India, Brazilian fruits, Indian fruits

Agricultural Biodiversity

Citizen science informs demand-driven breeding of opportunity crops. Recurrent evolution of cryptic triploids in cultivated enset increases yield. Grains of Wisdom: Insights into the Minds of Top ChefsA Synthesis of Expert Interviews and Literature. A good chef can make even quinoa palatable.

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