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Biologicals: a sustainable tool to help increase your bottom line

Real Agriculture

Each year, farmers face increased pressure to meet demands for abundant, sustainable, high-quality outputs. In turn, we have seen a heightened need for innovative solutions that not only help you meet these demands, but also improve your bottom line. Biologicals provide natural tools to complement your current production practices—such as protecting your crops from pests.

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Brainfood: Breeding edition

Agricultural Biodiversity

Climate-resilient crops: Lessons from xerophytes. Breeding for Na+ exclusion to improve salinity tolerance in crops has compromised their drought tolerance, but both tolerances are down to more gene copies in key families when comparing species. Innovation and Technological Mismatch: Experimental Evidence from Improved Crop Seeds. Breeders should strive to give farmers what they want, even if it means releasing multiple locally adapted varieties rather than a single blockbuster.

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Florida’s climatologist breaks down this past year and what to expect in 2024

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

If you live in or near Florida or are just interested in what is happening in that part of the Southeast, you may want to listen to or read this story from WUSF featuring David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist.

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5 reasons for Nebraska farmers to honor Lincoln

Western FarmPress

The Homestead Act of 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act, and the Morrill Land-Grant College Act continue to affect Nebraskans today.

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BASF Announces EPA Approval of Surtain Herbicide

AgWeb Farm Journal

The product is intended for use on corn acres and is the industry’s first solid-encapsulated herbicide technology.

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Improved pastures may ignite cattle herd rebuilding

Western FarmPress

The U.S. beef cattle herd is the smallest since 1951. But the recent moisture in regions hit hard by drought is providing relief and an opportunity to rebuild.

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Far Eastern Agriculture - Untitled Article

Far Eastern Agriculture

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) on 10 February, concluded a highly impactful two-week training programme aimed at fostering innovation and technology commercialisation in African nations

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Where Corn and Soybean Yields Were Strong in 2023

Agricultural Economics Insights

Given the widespread drought concerns but better-than-initially-anticipated yields, we recently wondered where corn and soybean yields were strongest. To accomplish this, Brett used historic state-level data to find each state’s trendline yield for 2023 ( read more here ). The USDA’s state-level estimates were then compared to the trendline, creating a departure from the trend measure.

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Bunge warns earnings could fade fast

Western FarmPress

The company's adjusted earnings are expected to drop by a third in 2024 due to a weaker market environment.

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How AI Is Taking Green-on-Green Spray Technology to New Levels of Productivity and Sustainability

Global Agtech Initiative

Learn how advancements in AI computer vision is providing never-before-seen accuracy. The post How AI Is Taking Green-on-Green Spray Technology to New Levels of Productivity and Sustainability appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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1st-time no-tillers: Don’t be afraid to fail

Western FarmPress

Hoosier Perspectives: Consider this basketball analogy and give it your best shot this spring.

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Can animals predict the weather?

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

This past week we celebrated Groundhog Day on February 2, when a chubby rodent is pulled out of his winter hibernation to “predict” whether there will be an early end to winter or six more weeks of cold.

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An Election Impact Story from Indonesia

AgWeb Farm Journal

Farmers, ranchers, and everyone involved in agriculture must play a role. It starts with voting, but we should do more: We must speak in favor of food security and the international trade that makes it possible.

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Should the National Hurricane Center add a Category 6 storm?

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

If you follow weather news, you probably saw a story this week about a new scientific article that discussed the need for a category 6 hurricane with winds much stronger than the typical category 5 storm at 192 mph or greater.

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