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Precision Ag News 3/6

Agwired

Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the report, Intent to Establish the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program , authorized under the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA). This new class of soybeans offers farmers a significant yield advantage and better disease resistance.

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The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Farms are Bridging Agriculture Systems

Agritecture Blog

The term is meant to capture the nuance between different agricultural methods that are often promoted as competing against each other, [such as vertical farms and greenhouses,] when in fact, they overlap, and various combinations of them can reap greater environmental, economic, and social benefits than any one solution alone.

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How can universities utilize Agritecture Designer’s Online Classes to incorporate CEA into their programs?

Agritecture Blog

Associate professor of Horticulture, Neil Mattson, teaches a student in one of Cornell’s on-campus greenhouses. Credit: Greenhouse Product News. A student applies skills learned in a campus greenhouse at Stockton University. Credit: Cornell Chronicle. With the global population expected to reach 9.7 Credit: Stockton University.

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Challenges and Innovations Driving the CEA Sector in GCC and MENA

Agritecture Blog

With an influx of new farms entering the market annually, many lack awareness of the financial and logistical intricacies involved in farming. Utilizing hydroponic greenhouses and isolated grow beds, they ensure the pristine quality of their produce while harnessing the power of data to minimize errors and risks. Greener Crop Inc.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm. The next step is to get a greenhouse going in the fall and eventually scale up into a series of shipping containers.

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5 Automation Companies to Look Out For

Agritecture Blog

Since these factors determine the quality of a crop yield, choosing the right automation technology for your farm is no easy task. This Finland-based company aims to advance greenhouse growing by providing fully automated NFT growing systems. Avisomo also has automated solutions for internal logistics. Credit: Green Automation.

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These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

Civil Eats

Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We’ve kind of cracked the code [of the logistics, technology, and economics for the U.S.,] and we see increased crop yields. It’s a “big savings for us … and we see increased crop yields.

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