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2024-04-19
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: PLM FLeet's Don Durm Details Food Safety Best Practices
Don Durm, VP, customer solutions for PLM Fleet, was named one of our Lifetime Achievement award winners from this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award. Read more
safety & security food safety
2024-04-19
Princes announces partnership agreement with Capri-Sun
Capri-Sun and Princes have entered a new partnership to produce over 250 million Capri-Sun juice pouches annually. Read more
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2024-04-19
Combining planting rice and fish farming in Tamil Nadu
All too often, farming in India is a debt trap. But zero budget farming doesn’t require credit or purchased inputs and is becoming increasingly widespread. We meet a farmer in Tamil Nadu who is... Read more
nature and environment india
2024-04-19
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: enVista's Thomas Stretar Talks Warehouse Automation
Thomas Stretar, VP of technology and labor management practice leader at enVista, was named one of our Lifetime Achievement award winners from this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award. Read more
warehousing automation
2024-04-19
US to spend $1 billion on food aid abroad amid global hunger crisis
The countries that will receive food aid - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, South Sudan, Sudan, and Haiti - are among the most stricken by hunger. Read more
agriculture
2024-04-19
With broad support for Minnesota fertilizer fees, House Democrats want to shift fund's focus
Minnesota House DFL members seek to continue to charge the 40-cent fee on fertilizer sold. However the fee would instead go specifically to improve southeast Minnesota water quality. Read more
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2024-12-05
Some Crops Tolerate Ozone Pollution Better Than Others, Study Finds
Differences in the photosynthetic "machinery" of certain crop plants can make them more or less prone to harm caused by ground-level ozone pollution, according to a recent
Proceedings of the... Read more
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2024-11-17
USDA Introduces a Multi-Year Plan to Strengthen U.S. Genebank Management of Plant Germplasm
, November 17, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released today the
National Strategic Germplasm and Cultivar Collection Assessment and Utilization Plan in support of the Agricultural... Read more
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2024-11-15
USDA Unveils Updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), updating this valuable tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 2012.... Read more
plant hardiness zone map
2024-11-13
USDA Researchers Confirm Six Unique Strains of African Swine Fever Virus
Development suggests a lower number of vaccines to combat ASFV outbreaks Read more
african swine fever virus
2024-11-03
USDA Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center in Salinas, California
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for the opening of the newly constructed Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and... Read more
sam farr united states crop improvement and protection research center
2024-11-01
USDA Scientist Recognized for Transforming Food Safety Systems and Protecting the World’s Food Supply
USDA scientist
Joseph Capobianco, a research engineer for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has received a 2022
Arthur S. Flemming Award for his innovative research that enhances the... Read more
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