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Pulse School: Protect germination potential with gentle seed handling

Real Agriculture

Summers with drought conditions, as well as heat blast, can lead to an increased occurrence of mechanical damage in pulse seed lots. Summers with drought conditions, as well as heat blast, can lead to an increased occurrence of mechanical damage in pulse seed lots.

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Corn School: Setting the combine for harvest efficiency

Real Agriculture

University of Guelph Ridgetown College instructor and combine mechanic TJ Poehleman has a simple answer to that question. University of Guelph Ridgetown College instructor and combine mechanic TJ Poehleman has a simple answer to that question. He says when growers are paying $800,000 or more for a combine and the.

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Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program

ATTRA

The Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program (MFARM) allows Maryland’s food banks, charitable emergency food providers, and nonprofits to request funding to purchase agricultural/seafood products listed in the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program throughout the year and deliver them to Maryland families in need.

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Op-Ed | A Case for Food Diversification

Food Tank

Diversifying into a new product also means finding a market for it. This can be challenging, especially for niche products. Farmers can potentially tap into higher-value markets with specialty crops and value-added products. If one product suffers due to pests or weather events, others can still provide income.

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Food Politics - Untitled Article

Food Politics

The issue for dairy farms is that the system is structured so the cost of production exceeds the price dairy farmers can get for their milk. Mechanics who once charged $60 an hour now charge $95. Unemployment in southern Idaho has averaged 3.4 He can’t pay much more, he insists, and still break even.

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FDA says (quietly) CAFOs contaminate leafy greens

Food Politics

“Special attention was given to the geography of the study region and the types and locations of agricultural and other adjacent and nearby land use activities relative to produce production areas. coli] can survive in the air and that dust can act as a transfer mechanism for both pathogens and indicator organisms (e.g. generic E.

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The outline of a deal for a better MLS?

Agricultural Biodiversity

Much remains to be done, but this is being seen as a bit of a “ procedural breakthrough.” ” Fingers crossed

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