by Becca Frazier | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Africa: “We (want) the meats.” Beef, specifically. And the U.S. could be poised to provide. There are several factors at play here. The African population continues to expand (thus bumping up demand for affordable protein), and some trade regulations have...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new crop to rotate. OK, Bublé. Gimme the news: To enhance climate-smart agriculture, St. Louis startup CoverCress, Inc. developed an advanced field pennycress crop through breeding and gene editing tools, and Bayer wants in....
by Becca Frazier | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Farmers in the Netherlands aren’t happy. But some believe that producer unrest could end up extending farther than the sling radius of a Dutch manure spreader. Refresher: As noted in Tuesday’s Quick Hits section, Dutch farmers are protesting proposed climate change...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bacon, pork chops, ham, oh my! These popular pork products are made possible through successful production (and reproduction) of pigs. Verility, an Indiana-based startup, aims to increase reproductive efficiency in swine through AI. No, not that AI, the other...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s an avocado avo-lanche in Australia—a surplus of the produce, measuring 22 avocados per citizen. How did they get so buried? The past growing season has significantly matured many trees in the Western Australia and Queensland areas in particular. And while...
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