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The Sharp Edge: High-tech scuffling with Brandon Jantzi

Real Agriculture

Weed control in organic soybeans can be challenging but new technology is helping Brandon Jantzi and his family keep it clean at Janlan Farms near Baden, Ont. On this episode of The Sharp Edge, Jantzi and Maizex Seeds agronomist Henry Prinzen dig into the farm’s weed control strategy, which is designed to deliver high-yielding organic.

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Brainfood: QMS, Seed viability, Genotyping, Taxonomy, FAIR data, Evaluation data, Lentil data, Indian cryobank, Home genebank, Dry chain, Botanical gardens, Environmental monitoring, Bending the curve

Agricultural Biodiversity

A pragmatic protocol for seed viability monitoring in ex situ plant genebanks. Share a Tiny Space of Your Freezer to Preserve Seed Diversity. Meanwhile, at the other end of the technology continuum… Applications of dry chain technology to maintain high seed viability in tropical climates. Certify that.

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Seed Technology and Evolving Farming Practices Win Against Drought's Grip

AgWeb Farm Journal

It’s been said high-yielding corn needs 25" of moisture per acre per year. In 2023, when Mother Nature didn't cooperate, management strategies to retain moisture coupled with new traits made a difference at harvest.

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Corteva Announces Breakthrough in Wheat Technology

World Agri-Tech

Corteva Announces Breakthrough in Wheat Technology November 18, 2024 In advance of its Investor Day, Corteva announced a breakthrough in one of the world’s most important staple crops – wheat – a first-of-its kind, proprietary non-GMO hybrid technology.

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Rescuing Kelp Through Science

Civil Eats

Here, over the next 45 days, the spores will be carefully cultivated into seed for farmers and scientists to outplant in the ocean. A Market Worth Millions If kelp forests disappear, so would wild-harvested seed for farmed kelp. American farmers can expect to pay about $1 a foot for string inoculated with kelp seed.

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Brainfood: Croplands, Satellite phenotyping, Farm size, Bt double, Scaling up, Opinion leaders, Gendered knowledge, OFSP, Ethiopia sorghum diversity, Banana bunchy top, Climate change & pathogens, Bean pathogens, Mixtures, Rewards

Agricultural Biodiversity

In both cases, fancy technology is not enough. Turns out it’s not just a matter of transferring technology, satellite or otherwise. Assessment of seed system interventions for biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in Malawi. Diversification of arable crop systems through mixtures need not be bad for yields.

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BioLumic Partners with Seed Companies for New Traits

Agwired

BioLumic is partnering with Beck’s Hybrids, Peterson Corn Genetics, Peterson Farms Seed, Breeder Direct and other seed companies to use BioLumic’s Genetic Expression Trait light-activated technology on a wide range of inbred and hybrid corn lines aiming to enhance their productivity.

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