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• Growing in the classroom: East Aurora High School to offer ... - WKBW 7 News Buffalo

  15-05-2023 23:17
  
  Growing in the classroom: East Aurora High School to offer ...  WKBW 7 News Buffalo
  
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• Law to boost animal agriculture in North Dakota could create local ... - Grand Forks Herald

  15-05-2023 22:43
  
  Law to boost animal agriculture in North Dakota could create local ...  Grand Forks Herald
  
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• Africa Agriculture Policy Leadership Dialogue - World Bank Group

  15-05-2023 22:22
  
  Africa Agriculture Policy Leadership Dialogue  World Bank Group
  
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• New research maps out exactly what happens when agriculture replaces forestry - Phys.org

  15-05-2023 22:00
  
  New research maps out exactly what happens when agriculture replaces forestry  Phys.org
  
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• USDA's Science & Research Strategy Aims to Boldly Transform U.S. ... - USDA.gov

  15-05-2023 19:34
  
  USDA's Science & Research Strategy Aims to Boldly Transform U.S. ...  USDA.gov
  
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• USDA Seeks Members for Federal Advisory Committee for Urban ... - USDA.gov

  15-05-2023 19:09
  
  USDA Seeks Members for Federal Advisory Committee for Urban ...  USDA.gov
  
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• Put weaned pigs on the feed intake fast track

  15-05-2023 19:08 via farms.com
  End-of-nursery weights are the strongest predictor of finishing weights.1 Feed intake in the early nursery phase is closely tied to nursery performance, so how a pig responds to its first dry feed sets the pace for performance through finishing.Weaned pigs need to eat multiple meals per day to consume enough nutrients for optimal growth, weight gain and gut function. Yet, on average, feed intake during the first 3-4 days after weaning is too low to meet the pig’s energy requirements for ma
  
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• Potential for U.S. pork exports to Japan to increase $281M by 2028

  15-05-2023 19:07 via farms.com
  Researchers with the USDA Economic Research Service are forecasting Japan's pork imports to increase between 3.6 and 13.9% by 2028 due to the country's trade agreements in place. Based upon the Global Trade Analysis Project model, the researchers estimate this uptick could lead to an additional $281 million of U.S. pork exports being shipped to Japan.Japan currently produces 50% of the pork that it consumes through domestic production, however ERS points out that could soon change as domestic po
  
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• Agriculture project wins million-dollar development award | News ... - The Albany Herald

  15-05-2023 19:05
  
  Agriculture project wins million-dollar development award | News ...  The Albany Herald
  
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• JBS USA Announces Creation of JBS Sanitation

  15-05-2023 19:04 via farms.com
  JBS USA, a leading global food company, today announced the creation of JBS Sanitation, a full-service food safety and food plant sanitation company that will provide in-house sanitation services for JBS USA and Pilgrim’s facilities. JBS USA will immediately begin the transition of 10 facilities to JBS Sanitation, with an expectation of moving additional facilities to the new company if third-party service providers are unable to meet JBS USA’s audit and compliance standards.“I
  
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• Creation Through Collaboration: The Founding of Murphy Family Farms

  15-05-2023 19:03 via farms.com
  The pork industry is a fixture of American nutrition, agriculture, and economics. Its existence as a means of getting protein to the modern consumer is crucial, and while its product might seem straightforward, the process of development that’s made it into the pillar it is today hasn’t been simple. However, thanks to the innovators that entered the industry in decades past and are now leading it, America enjoys pork produced more efficiently than ever. Wendell H. Murphy, CEO of Murp
  
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• FCC supports customers impacted by low maple syrup yields

  15-05-2023 18:48 via farms.com
  Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is offering support to customers in Eastern Canada facing financial hardship as a result of low maple syrup yields in 2023.
  
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• Why Should Consumers Care About Certified Seed?

  15-05-2023 18:38 via farms.com
  For most consumers, food is just something they buy in the grocery store. They don’t always consider all the work that went into producing that food from the truck driver that drove it to the store, to the factory worker who oversaw the production line for it, to the farmer who grew the ingredients, to the seed grower who produced the seed for the farmer. At the end of the day there wouldn’t be food on grocery store shelves if it wasn’t for seed production.On the May 17 episode
  
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• John Deere Debuts New 4075R Compact Utility Tractor and MY2024 Upgrades for 3R- and 4-Series Models

  15-05-2023 18:30 via farms.com
  John Deere introduces the new 4075R Compact Utility Tractor for MY24.
  
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• Minority Analysis: The May 2023 Farm Bill Scoring Baseline | The ... - Majority News | Newsroom | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

  15-05-2023 18:09
  
  Minority Analysis: The May 2023 Farm Bill Scoring Baseline | The ...  Majority News | Newsroom | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
  
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• Great Bear Vineyards wins International Sustainable Agriculture ... - Capital Press

  15-05-2023 17:49
  
  Great Bear Vineyards wins International Sustainable Agriculture ...  Capital Press
  
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• House overwhelmingly supports satellite-driven precision agriculture - GreenBiz

  15-05-2023 17:36
  
  House overwhelmingly supports satellite-driven precision agriculture  GreenBiz
  
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• Ontario pork producers serve over 10,000 pulled pork sliders at Queen's Park

  15-05-2023 16:54 via farms.com
  As part of the May 6, 2023, celebration for the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, Ontario Pork delivered an impressive service at the ‘Taste of Ontario’ food pavilion at Queen’s Park.
  
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• Saskatchewan research explores benefits of play and time spent with humans on pig welfare and productivity

  15-05-2023 16:51 via farms.com
  Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are evaluating the long-term effects on welfare and productivity of providing environmental enhancements to piglets during their first weeks of life.
  
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• Why is Managing Strategic Risk So Important in Production ... - AgFax

  15-05-2023 16:01
  
  Why is Managing Strategic Risk So Important in Production ...  AgFax
  
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• Sask. releases first crop report for 2023

  15-05-2023 15:38 via farms.com
  Seeding is behind the five-year average
  
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• Senate ag leaders support Xochitl Torres Small as deputy secretary of USDA

  15-05-2023 15:30 via farms.com
  The Senate Ag Committee moved Torres Small’s nomination to the full senate for a vote
  
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• Spread of avian flu appears to be slowing in Western Canada

  15-05-2023 15:28 via farms.com
  Bird flu spread slowing in Western Canada
  
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• Canadian Agri-Food Innovation Plants Seeds Of Profitability For Growers

  15-05-2023 15:14 via farms.com
  fter years of plant breeding and development, a Canadian-owned soybean company has released the first non-Genetically Modified (non-GM) high-oleic soybean variety in Canada. Alinova, a SCN tolerant, non-GM soybean variety with exceptional yield potential, was developed by Sevita Genetics, a leading developer of soybean varieties for Canadian growing conditions.
  
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• EEIQ's Davis College Signs MOU with Suzhou Polytechnic Institute ... - PR Newswire

  15-05-2023 14:20
  
  EEIQ's Davis College Signs MOU with Suzhou Polytechnic Institute ...  PR Newswire
  
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• CWSHIN unveils new five-year strategic plan, emphasizing swine health threats close to home

  15-05-2023 13:10 via farms.com
  The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network (CWSHIN) says its new five-year strategic plan will place a greater emphasis on diseases that are causing challenges closer to home.
  
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• US hog industry struggles

  15-05-2023 13:07 via farms.com
  The US industry continues to struggle. Hog prices below cost of production is putting a major financial stress on much of the Pork sector. There will be significantly fewer pigs year over year by the end of 2023 and even fewer in 2024.Our ObservationsMajor sow liquidation is underway which will decrease the U.S. sow herd by 4% – 200,000 – 250,000 sows in our opinion. A reflection of the economic conditions but also the ongoing health issue problems that over and over lead to decrease
  
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• US hog futures rebound on technical bounce - CME

  15-05-2023 13:05 via farms.com
  Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures recovered from contract lows on a round of technical buying on Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing traders.Traders also noted the recent declines may spark interest in the export market."US pork has become some of the cheapest in the world and it would appear we're indeed starting to see international trade come our way," brokerage StoneX said in a research note.Cattle contracts also ended higher, with strength in the cash market spilling over int
  
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• New outbreaks of African Swine Fever reported in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.

  15-05-2023 13:03 via farms.com
  Deadly pig disease continues to spreadSwine Health Information Center Executive Director Dr. Paul Sundberg said ASF has spread to another Indonesian island as well as into Greece.“There’s another outbreak that’s been identified in Greece. This is in a commercial farm in Greece versus the small production system that was infected in 2020,” Sundberg said. “The assumption is, this is a spillover from wild boar that border next to Greece, and that continues to move down
  
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• CPKC sees seasonal slowdown in grain movement

  15-05-2023 13:01 via farms.com
  With spring seeding operations underway across the prairies, grain movement to port has slowed down.The assistant vice-president of CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) Elizabeth Hucker says in April they moved about 2.3 million metric tons of Canadian grain and grain products, with more than 994,000 metric tons moved in the last couple of weeks. "What I would say about that mix is it's been very strong volumes to Thunder Bay. Less demand and  less volume to Vancouver and that current d
  
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• WCVM Explores Effect of Early Life Management on Lifetime Welfare and Productivity of Pigs

  15-05-2023 13:00 via farms.com
  Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are evaluating the long-term effects on welfare and productivity of providing environmental enhancements to pigs during their first weeks of life.
  
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• Agriculture industry continues to deal with supply chain challenges

  15-05-2023 12:59 via farms.com
  Farmers have been faced with a number of challenges from trying to access crop inputs to parts and new equipment.Jim Wood, chief sales and operations officer for Rocky Mountain Equipment says there's definitely still a shortage of some products when it comes to farm equipment."The manufacturers still have most dealer groups on allocation. You can only order so many and definitely the demand is there."He thinks labor is an issue,adding that hopefully, the manufacturers can get their manufacturing
  
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• Controlled Environment Agriculture Market to Grow at CAGR of 17.65% through 2032 - The Brainy Insights - Yahoo Finance

  15-05-2023 12:24
  Controlled Environment Agriculture Market to Grow at CAGR of 17.65% through 2032 - The Brainy Insights  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Letter: North Dakota sold out to corporate agriculture - Bismarck Tribune

  15-05-2023 08:00
  
  Letter: North Dakota sold out to corporate agriculture  Bismarck Tribune
  
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• AI impact: From agriculture, healthcare to military, know how the world could change - HT Tech

  15-05-2023 08:00
  AI impact: From agriculture, healthcare to military, know how the world could change  HT Tech
  
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• Agriculture: Climate Change - Policies must prioritise water-food-energy triad - The Tribune India

  15-05-2023 07:20
  Agriculture: Climate Change - Policies must prioritise water-food-energy triad  The Tribune India
  
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• Agriculture Tools Market Latest Report, Forecast By 2030 - Digital Journal

  15-05-2023 07:16
  
  Agriculture Tools Market Latest Report, Forecast By 2030  Digital Journal
  
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• Agriculture Calendar — May 15 | Agriculture | fredericknewspost.com - Frederick News Post

  15-05-2023 07:00
  
  Agriculture Calendar — May 15 | Agriculture | fredericknewspost.com  Frederick News Post
  
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• The Critical Role Young Farmers and Ranchers Play in Agriculture - Farm Bureau News

  15-05-2023 06:34
  
  The Critical Role Young Farmers and Ranchers Play in Agriculture  Farm Bureau News
  
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• Reviving practical agriculture in schools - Punch Newspapers

  15-05-2023 05:12
  
  Reviving practical agriculture in schools  Punch Newspapers
  
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• Agriculture: Need for cotton revival for survival - Business - DAWN ... - DAWN.com

  15-05-2023 04:04
  
  Agriculture: Need for cotton revival for survival - Business - DAWN ...  DAWN.com
  
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• Case Study: Optical technologies light the way for agriculture - IT Brief Australia

  15-05-2023 00:24
  Case Study: Optical technologies light the way for agriculture  IT Brief Australia
  
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• Agriculture returns after two decades to Indo-Pak buffer zone in ... - Kashmir Reader

  15-05-2023 00:05
  
  Agriculture returns after two decades to Indo-Pak buffer zone in ...  Kashmir Reader
  
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