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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. Rice domestication pushed back to about the same time as the Fertile Crescent. There was more to the peopling of the Pacific than seafaring. Though seafaring took these people all the way to South America , it sees. No word on the role of expert harvesters.

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Shockingly Cool: This Startup Makes Fertilizer From Electricity

AgWeb Farm Journal

Nitricity is on a quest to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions via its innovative natural liquid fertilizer manufacturing process. The technology represents a major disruption to the global fertilizer market.

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Coalition Letter regarding hearing on “Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes”

NASDA

Letter Dear Chairman Capito and Ranking Member Whitehouse: The Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC) applauds your leadership in holding todays hearing on Improving the Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes. For many of our members, CWA permitting can be a major hurdle in moving essential projects forward efficiently.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Jan 8: Cool technologies, top 10 of 2024, and herbicide residue risks

Real Agriculture

Between Green Lightning, a plasma technology that essentially is trying to replicate what happens in the atmosphere as lightning strikes to create nitrogen to create N on-farm, and a biological process coming out of Australia Read More New technology is top of mind in this weeks episode of Wheat Petes Word, hosted by Peter Wheat Pete Johnson.

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Do You Need Starter Fertilizer with Organic Nitrogen?

Cropaia

Organic fertilizers such as manure, compost , and other organic amendments are valuable sources of nitrogen. However, unlike synthetic fertilizers that provide readily available nitrogen, the nitrogen in organic fertilizers is released gradually through biological processes.

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Precision Planting’s Radical Agronomics automates soil testing

Real Agriculture

Precision Planting is changing the process of testing soil with a new Radical Agronomics program that relies on an automated soil analysis laboratory. Read More Precision Planting is changing the process of testing soil with a new Radical Agronomics program that relies on an automated soil analysis laboratory.

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Milorganite Fertilizer: A Green Revolution in Lawn Care

Kavya Organic Farm

When it comes to maintaining a lush and vibrant lawn, the role of fertilizers cannot be overstated. Among the plethora of fertilizers available, Milorganite stands out as a remarkable and eco-friendly option. ” The product came into existence in 1926, as a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process.