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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

The Equation

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science said the range of possible protection loss is between a fifth of nontidal wetlands to nearly all of them. Court Rejects Decades of Science The ruling was hailed by industrial and agricultural polluters and developers. Photo by Derrick Z. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama.

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Precision Ag News 12/21

Agwired

Hula crushed his previous world record of 616 bushels per acre set in 2019 with the Pioneer brand P1197 family of products.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

The Equation

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Science said the range of possible protection loss is between a fifth of nontidal wetlands to nearly all of them. Court rejects decades of science The ruling was hailed by industrial and agricultural polluters and developers. Photo by Derrick Z. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama.

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Could Hydroponic Fodder Solve the West’s Water Woes?

Modern Farmer

There’s a lot of science to back up many of hydroponic fodder’s benefits. Subbing out a chunk of the meadow hay she feeds at $29 a bale has significantly decreased the costs to run her business. Plus, his cattle actually continue to gain weight through the winter months, putting on 2.5

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As climate change erodes land and health, one Louisiana tribe fights back

Food Environment and Reporting Network

After graduating, Parfait returned home and started working as a coastal science coordinator for the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The banks of canals cut into marshland are all that remains of a section of marsh in Golden Meadow, Louisiana. I’m so sorry,” she said. That same month, he turned 25.

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Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Civil Eats

She points out that most of the shellfish she harvests these days have been seeded manually by the town of Southampton and local universities, “almost like a science project,” she says. The Scientists Who Kickstarted American Kelp Farming The science behind this boom in seaweed cultivation began in New England nearly 50 years ago.

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“Bristol’s last working farm”: A farm for the future

Sustainable Food Trust

Hundreds of acres of Bristol farmland, with its meadows and hedges and resident wildlife, was swept away by the concrete sprawl and the ambitions of its new owners. The constant threat of loss This year, for the first time in probably hundreds of years, hay has not been made on Yew Tree Farm’s 13 acres of meadow.

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