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5 ROI killers for nitrogen – and how to beat them

Real Agriculture

Paying twice. With most nitrogen (N) sources you’ll have to make two or more applications to get your plants the N they need for season-long feeding. N loss. Many N sources are highly susceptible to leaching, volatilization, and denitrification that rob your plants of vital – and expensive – N. Not factoring in fuel costs.

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Cellular Agriculture May Bring Hope in Reducing Food Waste and Environmental Impact

Food Tank

The United States is now the second country, after Singapore, to approve the sale of cultivated meat. Cultivated meat is an application of the newest category of animal products: the animal cell itself. Like conventional meat, cultivated meat contains animal muscle, fat, and collagen. This muscle, fat, and collagen, however, are grown directly from animal cells, rather than by raising and slaughtering an animal.

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Take drone scouting to next level

Western FarmPress

Nutrien’s digital scouting by Taranis couples artificial intelligence with digital images to bring scouting down to the plant level.

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ADM Puts CFO On Leave With Ongoing Investigation In Cooperation with SEC

AgWeb Farm Journal

Vikram Luthar’s leave is pending an ongoing investigation being conducted by outside counsel for ADM and the Board’s Audit Committee.

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How to correctly know when to assist with calving

West Texas Livestock

Knowing when to assist with calving can be a very tricky matter. It requires a delicate balance between not acting too quickly and not reacting too late. Finding this balance requires a lot of experience and a little bit of luck. If you help too early, there is a chance that you will not need […] The post How to correctly know when to assist with calving appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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Social media a key component of Farm & Gin Show

Western FarmPress

Ag organizations and events, like the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show, have expanded the use of social media.

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NASA: How Do We Know About Earth’s Past Climate?

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

As a climatologist, I am frequently told by people skeptical about climate change that “the climate is always changing.” Of course, climatologists know this because we were the ones that discovered those changes in the first place with the collaboration of paleobotanists, chemists, geologists and other scientists.

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How to grow involvement in ag groups

Western FarmPress

Hoosier Perspectives: Get people excited about why you meet, and they will come.

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How to Get Land Out of a C Corporation

AgWeb Farm Journal

Land in a C corporation is easy to check into the corporation, but it can be difficult to check out without paying income tax on it.

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Lovely Winter, the Killer

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

How do you feel about winter weather? Do you love it or hate it? This thoughtful essay by an emergency room physician discusses how someone’s attitude may be colored by whether they have access to heat and shelter, good health, or other factors.

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Friday Seminar – Ubiquitin ligase relays and diverse chain topologies coordinate immune signalling with Professor Steven Spoel, University of Edinburgh

Agri-tech

Our Friday Seminar on 2nd February at 11:30am is Ubiquitin ligase relays and diverse chain topologies coordinate immune signalling with Professor Steven Spoel, University of Edinburgh Location: Merton Auditorium and Zoom (No registration is required to attend in person.

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Drought expands in Puerto Rico but shrinks in most of the Southeast

Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

In the past week, moderate (D1) drought doubled in coverage in Puerto Rico, which has not seen much rain in the last couple of weeks. In the mainland Southeast, however, there has been widespread improvement in drought conditions, with 1-category changes in more than half of Georgia plus western VA, NC, and SC.

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Top Considerations for Designing Your Farm Shop

AgWeb Farm Journal

Farmers know that a well-designed farm shop is essential to the success of their operation. Having an efficient building takes the right planning and design.

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A Farmer’s View From COP28

AgWeb Farm Journal

COP28 is a big deal. Some 85,000 people attended, including 150 heads of state. In the past, farmers were rarely part of the program. In our absence, we could not defend ourselves, let alone explain what we do.

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