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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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Understanding the COMET-Planner Tool

ATTRA

COMET-Planner estimates represent field activities only, including those associated with soils and woody biomass as appropriate, and do not include off-site emissions, such as those from transportation, manufacturing, processing, etc.” We have been able to enter whole numbers like 100 to find scalable indexes for the small-scale operations.

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Precision Ag News 4/25

Agwired

Four research and outreach projects have been funded through the new Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program , a partnership among Michigan State University, the Michigan Plant Coalition, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Registration is now open for the 2024 Water and Natural Resources Tour.

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

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

While these breeding programs furthered the base of scientific knowledge around plant breeding and led to significant increases in yields, farmers were slowly pushed out of their historical role as the primary stakeholders in seed saving and development.

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20 Books Shaping Our View of Food Systems to Read this Winter

Food Tank

Essays touch on the rural communities that have adapted to the growing industry, the role of women in the sector, and how Indonesia fits into the global seaweed market. Good Eats: 32 Writers on Eating Ethically edited by Jennifer Cognard-Black and Melissa A.

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