The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-12-13
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Invests $3.67 Million in Groundbreaking Weed Science Research for Pulse Crops
Today, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) announced funding for five new weed science research projects focused on pulse crops, a total investment of over $3.67 million. The program will run for six... Read more
2024-12-13
MSU Ag Engineer Designing Innovative Technologies to Support Specialty Crop Production
Michigan farmers produce roughly 300 different commodities, cementing Michigan as, “the most diverse agricultural state in the country with a reliable source of water,” an expression attributed to... Read more
2024-12-13
How Soil Bacteria Contribute to the Growing Global Issue of Antibiotic Resistance
Why antibiotic resistance in soil matters Read more
2024-12-13
Golden Rice and the Path to Sustainable Agricultural Innovation
In the Perspectives guest blog series, Farm Foundation invites participants from among the varied Farm Foundation programs to share their unique viewpoint on a topic relevant to a Farm Foundation... Read more
2024-12-13
Rooted in Tradition: 160 Delaware Farms Celebrate Over 100 Years
Secretary of Agriculture Michael T. Scuse and state legislators inducted five Delaware farms into the Century Farm Program today, honoring the farm families’ commitment to keeping farmland within the... Read more
2024-12-13
Separating the Wheat From the Chaff – Molecular Sorting Machines
Aromatic compounds – substances with flat, ring-shaped structures made up of carbon atoms – play an important role in organic chemistry. Among other things, they serve as solvents or feedstock for... Read more
2024-12-13
Grain Farmers of Ontario Announces New Leadership Program in Partnership with Corteva and OMAFA
Guelph, ON – Grain Farmers of Ontario, the province’s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario’s 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers, announced the launch of the Grain... Read more
2024-12-13
Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award: Truckstop Named Overall Top 3PL Winner
Truckstop was named the overall Top 3PL winner for Food Logistics’ 2024 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers award. Read more
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2024-12-13
More Attention Should Be Paid to the Health of Deep Soil in Low-Yield Farmland!
With the global population expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, food demand is growing rapidly, posing challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. China, a large agricultural country... Read more
2024-12-13
USDA approves funds to fight screwworm, may resume Mexico cattle imports this year
Some imports of cattle may resume as soon as this month, once Mexico implements new trade protocols, said Jenny Lester Moffitt, undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs. Read more
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2024-12-13
Machine Learning and Satellite Imagery Could Help Protect the World’s Most Important Crops
A new North Carolina State University study combines satellite imagery with machine learning technology to help model rice crop productivity faster and more accurately. The tool could help... Read more
2024-12-13
NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns
A new NASA-led study has found that how rain falls in a given year is nearly as important to the world’s vegetation as how much. Reporting Dec. 11 in Nature, the researchers showed that even in years... Read more