by Becca Frazier | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lack of ingredients has led to a sna(ck)fu for consumer packaged goods companies. Twinkies, Nutter Butters, and other tasty treats are out of stock on grocery store shelves, with production lines halted as they wait on essential ingredients like wheat and cooking...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Silvopasture has farmers and companies alike barking up the right tree. Silvopasture 101: Being the integration of trees with pastureland, landowners can plant trees on land they graze livestock on for several benefits, including providing shade, improving soil...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Farmers of a feather herd together. And that’s just what happened when a motley crew of various organizations gathered together in Washington, D.C to promote a common interest—The Dairy Revitalization Plan. Farmers and dairy groups linked arms in late July to advocate...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
We mentioned this topic briefly in last week’s Magnetic, but figured the conversation deserved more credit. Carbon dating: No, we’re not talking about aging dinosaur bones. We’re talking about new relationships forming around carbon. Businesses want to be carbon...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the west, “cloud seeding” is helping make it rain in the part of the country that needs it most. Not new, but being improved, cloud seeding was first introduced in the 1940s. When it’s performed by airplanes, “silver iodide, various salts, or...
by Becca Frazier | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
University of Nebraska-Omaha professors are turning up the heat on the ag industry for turning a cold shoulder to cyber security. In a widely shared POV, they point out that the ever-increasing adoption of precision ag opens the door to attacks on farm equipment that...
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