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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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Precision Ag News 3/12

Agwired

Lindsay Corporation , a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, is honored to announce that FieldNET Advisor – Whole Farm Water Management has earned the 2025 AE50 award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

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Letter Regarding the Need for a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill

NASDA

The lack of a renewal is harming manufacturers of all domestic industries, significantly raising costs and impacting products and jobs and especially impacting small and medium-sized businesses as they pay more for product inputs. manufacturing and research and development. businesses and their customers have paid over $1.5

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

AMPI) Association of Equipment Manufacturers Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Austin Chapter 10 IWLA BASF Corporation Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress.

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Letter Urging Administration to Protect Crop Insurance in Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal

NASDA

Sincerely, Agricultural Retailers Association American Agri-Women American Association of Crop Insurers American Bankers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Farmland Trust American Malting Barley Association American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) American Seed Trade Association American Sesame Growers Association (..)

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Will a Food and Ag Focus at COP28 Distract From the Fossil Fuel Economy?

Civil Eats

Estrella “Esther” Penunia, the secretary general of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, called consolidation a “big problem” and talked about transforming the food system to “shift the power to the people.” In May, Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, the U.A.E.’s working alongside U.S.

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Precision Ag News 4/25

Agwired

The ASTA Leadership Summit , held this June 15-19 in Nashville, provides a crucial opportunity for mid- to senior-level seed company leadership. Register today! Registration is now open for the 2024 Water and Natural Resources Tour.

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