by Nicole Erceg | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Pump it up: Scientists led by Matt Wheeler at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are pumping up milk production in a new breed of cattle that they have developed. The breed has been designed with subsistence farmers in Tanzania in mind, and produces up to 20...
by Nicole Erceg | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
There’s another new acronym out there, and one agriculture isn’t excited about. NZBA, or “the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, is a global group of financial institutions dedicated toward ‘financing ambitious climate action,’ with a goal of pushing the economy toward...
by Nicole Erceg | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but lawmakers want to chop into imitation meat labels to increase transparency in plant- and cell-cultured protein products. Transparency and clarity: The Fair and Accurate Ingredient Representation on Labels Act of...
by Nicole Erceg | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
A study that was dripped onto readers last week looks into the depletion of global groundwater. Arid regions where crops are grown extensively were particularly parched from groundwater withdrawal for irrigation purposes. Farms and households use groundwater as a...
by Nicole Erceg | Jan 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dicamba is bringing about the annual summer controversy of herbicide drift. Neighbors often point fingers at one another after crops in a field adjacent to dicamba-resistant crops start cupping. Igniting a solution: Researchers at the University of Missouri are...
by Nicole Erceg | Jan 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Farmers everywhere are trying to stop the spread—of weeds. The problem is as old as farming itself, but is getting worse as weeds develop resistance to popular herbicides like glyphosate and dicamba. The crummy culprits? Kochia, waterhemp, and giant ragweed are at the...
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