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• New deep learning model predicts water and energy demands in agriculture with great accuracy - Phys.org

  02-04-2024 23:28
  
  New deep learning model predicts water and energy demands in agriculture with great accuracy  Phys.org
  
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• Revolutionizing soil sampling - introducing the AFS

  02-04-2024 23:22 via farms.com
  The Auto-Field Sampler, or AFS, offers a fast, efficient, and user-friendly method for soil sampling, significantly reducing physical strain and increasing coverage.
  
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• Community Agriculture Alliance: The science behind forecasting spring run-off - Steamboat Pilot & Today

  02-04-2024 21:54
  
  Community Agriculture Alliance: The science behind forecasting spring run-off  Steamboat Pilot & Today
  
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• Cancer in Iowa: What role does agriculture play in Iowa’s high cancer rates? - The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

  02-04-2024 20:40
  
  Cancer in Iowa: What role does agriculture play in Iowa’s high cancer rates?  The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
  
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• New Jersey names new Secretary of Agriculture - Produce Blue Book

  02-04-2024 20:19
  
  New Jersey names new Secretary of Agriculture  Produce Blue Book
  
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• USDA-ERS Study: Tech advancement in agriculture increased outputs and reduced inputs over time - RFD-TV

  02-04-2024 20:17
  
  USDA-ERS Study: Tech advancement in agriculture increased outputs and reduced inputs over time  RFD-TV
  
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• New Website Pools Resources for Spray Operators, Farmers

  02-04-2024 19:38 via farms.com
  A partnership between multiple farm organizations has created a new awareness campaign, Be Drift Aware. “Each of our organizations has shared best practice resources with our grower members over the years, and now we have pooled that information for easy access in a single location,” Marty Vermey, senior agronomist, Grain Farmers of Ontario, said in a release. Growers and spray operators can access all resources at a new central resource hub www.BeDriftAware.ca. The website includes
  
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• US Producer Sentiment Improves on Lower Interest Rate Ideas

  02-04-2024 19:37 via farms.com
  US farmer sentiment improved modestly in March, underpinned in part by increasing expectations of lower interest rates and better financial conditions ahead. Released Tuesday, the latest update of Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer - which is based on a monthly survey of 400 producers across the country – showed a 3-point increase from February to a reading of 114 for March. The improvement in farmers’ financial outlook was buttressed by an improved interest outlook wit
  
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• Follow the canola basis to capture better prices

  02-04-2024 19:30 via farms.com
  “Canola producers, particularly those with canola in storage, follow canola cash prices,” says Neil Blue, provincial crops market analyst with the Alberta government. “However, not all canola producers track basis, the difference between the cash price and the futures price of canola. Following basis can give clues to what is happening in the market and provide pricing opportunity.”The basis is found by subtracting the futures price from a cash price. For example, near th
  
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• Supporting Idaho Agriculture | U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson - 2nd District of Idaho - Mike Simpson

  02-04-2024 19:05
  
  Supporting Idaho Agriculture | U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson - 2nd District of Idaho  Mike Simpson
  
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• Officials Stop SRSP Water for Agriculture, To Focus on Drinking Needs - Deccan Chronicle

  02-04-2024 18:59
  Officials Stop SRSP Water for Agriculture, To Focus on Drinking Needs  Deccan Chronicle
  
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• Deputy agriculture secretary to visit South Carolina State - WRDW

  02-04-2024 18:21
  Deputy agriculture secretary to visit South Carolina State  WRDW
  
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• RFK Jr's Plan to Weaponize Regulators to Transform American Agriculture - DTN The Progressive Farmer

  02-04-2024 18:17
  
  RFK Jr's Plan to Weaponize Regulators to Transform American Agriculture  DTN The Progressive Farmer
  
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• Two local high schools receive agriculture education grants - Mankato Free Press

  02-04-2024 18:00
  
  Two local high schools receive agriculture education grants  Mankato Free Press
  
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• Project Highlights: Support to the Yemen Food Security and Agriculture Cluster - Yemen - ReliefWeb

  02-04-2024 17:53
  
  Project Highlights: Support to the Yemen Food Security and Agriculture Cluster - Yemen  ReliefWeb
  
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• Direct Air Discusses Increasing Durability in UK Agriculture - Robotics and Automation News

  02-04-2024 17:44
  
  Direct Air Discusses Increasing Durability in UK Agriculture  Robotics and Automation News
  
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• 2024 CFFO AGM and Gala Celebrates Success and Unity Within the Agriculture Industry

  02-04-2024 17:35 via farms.com
  Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario's AGM and Gala Celebrates Success and Unity Within the Agriculture Industry 
  
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• FVGC Releases Two Powerful Videos Highlighting the Impact of the Carbon Tax Increase on Canadian Greenhouse Growers

  02-04-2024 17:33 via farms.com
  The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) is proud to announce the release of two compelling videos, one today and one in the coming days, that bring to light the critical challenges faced by Canadian greenhouse growers in light of the upcoming carbon tax increase.
  
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• Engaging Agriculture: Rangeland and pasture update for spring and summer - The Fence Post

  02-04-2024 17:28
  
  Engaging Agriculture: Rangeland and pasture update for spring and summer  The Fence Post
  
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• By Vanessa Beeson Publications Editor MSU Agriculture and Natural Resources Marketing | RedHillsMSNews.com - Winston County Journal

  02-04-2024 17:28
  
  By Vanessa Beeson Publications Editor MSU Agriculture and Natural Resources Marketing | RedHillsMSNews.com  Winston County Journal
  
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• Ontario calls on feds to exempt food production from the Carbon Tax

  02-04-2024 17:05 via farms.com
  Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) wants the federal Liberal government to institute a grain drying exemption to the carbon tax.
  
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• World Agri-Tech 2024: Pioneering agriculture resilience with AI - Microsoft

  02-04-2024 17:00
  
  World Agri-Tech 2024: Pioneering agriculture resilience with AI  Microsoft
  
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• FNBO Invests in the Future of Agriculture with $39000 in Donations - The Cheyenne Post

  02-04-2024 17:00
  FNBO Invests in the Future of Agriculture with $39000 in Donations  The Cheyenne Post
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Agriculture Commissioner Simpson is turning away trucks hauling infested produce - Florida’s Voice

  02-04-2024 16:57
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Agriculture Commissioner Simpson is turning away trucks hauling infested produce  Florida’s Voice
  
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• Arkansas Department of Agriculture participates in agricultural trade mission to Republic of Korea - Stuttgart Daily Leader

  02-04-2024 16:45
  
  Arkansas Department of Agriculture participates in agricultural trade mission to Republic of Korea  Stuttgart Daily Leader
  
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• What Impact Will the Key Bridge Collapse Have on the Agriculture Sector? - CropLife

  02-04-2024 16:21
  What Impact Will the Key Bridge Collapse Have on the Agriculture Sector?  CropLife
  
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• Gillette best choice for agriculture | Letters to the Editor - Belgrade News

  02-04-2024 16:15
  
  Gillette best choice for agriculture | Letters to the Editor  Belgrade News
  
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• Preparing for the Ontario solar eclipse

  02-04-2024 16:09 via farms.com
  The solar eclipse begins around 2:00pm ET in Ontario
  
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• Ont. farmers react to carbon tax increase

  02-04-2024 16:02 via farms.com
  Farmers will feel the carbon tax pinch on deliveries
  
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• OAIA Outperforms S&P Agriculture Index - ETFdb.com

  02-04-2024 15:38
  
  OAIA Outperforms S&P Agriculture Index  ETFdb.com
  
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• Controlled environment agriculture may be the future of farming - New Food

  02-04-2024 15:34
  
  Controlled environment agriculture may be the future of farming  New Food
  
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• This Long/Short ETF Is Outperforming the S&P Agriculture Index - ETF Trends

  02-04-2024 15:17
  This Long/Short ETF Is Outperforming the S&P Agriculture Index  ETF Trends
  
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• Guest view: Revitalizing Montana's roads, landscapes and agriculture: The promise of SB 442 - Missoulian

  02-04-2024 15:00
  Guest view: Revitalizing Montana's roads, landscapes and agriculture: The promise of SB 442  Missoulian
  
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• Commentary: Farmers know all about inertia frustrating Canadians

  02-04-2024 14:47 via farms.com
  Farmers have long been stewing in the frustration that’s beginning to boil across the rest of society.No matter where Canadians turn, they’re feeling frustrated by the barriers that they have to vault and the walls they need to breach to attain the most basic things.Housing: there’s a chronic shortage across the country, leaving millions struggling to pay for overpriced apartments, unable to obtain a mortgage for a house, and pushing thousands onto the streets.Food: families ar
  
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• Better safe than sorry: why getting price protection is important, even as cattle prices are strong

  02-04-2024 14:46 via farms.com
  With strong cattle prices, the Livestock Price Insurance Program is offering the highest floor prices in the program’s history. Cow-calf producers can lock in a profitable floor price for the calves that will be hitting the ground this spring.With calf prices strong and the market looking favourable, some producers may wonder why they should be interested in price insurance. Jodi Griffin, Program Coordinator for Livestock Price Insurance in Saskatchewan says the program offers price protec
  
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• Grain sector meets to discuss the Canada Grain Act

  02-04-2024 14:42 via farms.com
  The federal government has yet to name the next chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).The replacement will take over for Doug Chorney when he retires at the end of April.On Tuesday in Saskatoon, Sask. the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) and the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) co-sponsored the Canada Grain Act Summit.It was an opportunity to meet and discuss concerns with the Grain Act after the federal government launched a rev
  
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• Connecticut Health and Agriculture Officials Say The Risk of Avian Flu in Connecticut Is Low - Morning Ag Clips -

  02-04-2024 14:10
  
  Connecticut Health and Agriculture Officials Say The Risk of Avian Flu in Connecticut Is Low  Morning Ag Clips -
  
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• CT health, agriculture officials release statement on potential bird flu risk, state milk supply - Eyewitness News 3

  02-04-2024 14:07
  CT health, agriculture officials release statement on potential bird flu risk, state milk supply  Eyewitness News 3
  
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• Terry Stuart Forst Named 2024 Agriculture Hall of Fame Inductee - Morning Ag Clips -

  02-04-2024 14:06
  
  Terry Stuart Forst Named 2024 Agriculture Hall of Fame Inductee  Morning Ag Clips -
  
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• Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture urges focus on cultivating cruciferous vegetables and legumes - FreshPlaza.com

  02-04-2024 14:06
  
  Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture urges focus on cultivating cruciferous vegetables and legumes  FreshPlaza.com
  
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• Seso is building software to fix farm workforces and solve agriculture’s HR woes - TechCrunch

  02-04-2024 14:05
  Seso is building software to fix farm workforces and solve agriculture’s HR woes  TechCrunch
  
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• Maple Leaf Foods and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security commend the Government of Canada's investment in a National School Food Program

  02-04-2024 14:04 via farms.com
  Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI) and the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security commend the Government of Canada on their announcement today to invest $1 billion over the next five years to establish a National School Food Program
  
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• 217 Today: Interest in agriculture is growing — but equipment and land costs make becoming a farmer hard - IPM Newsroom

  02-04-2024 14:00
  
  217 Today: Interest in agriculture is growing — but equipment and land costs make becoming a farmer hard  IPM Newsroom
  
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• Scientists identify mysterious new species that could revolutionize agriculture: 'Something out of a James Cameron ... - The Cool Down

  02-04-2024 13:30
  
  Scientists identify mysterious new species that could revolutionize agriculture: 'Something out of a James Cameron ...  The Cool Down
  
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• Farmers' revolt in Europe questions future of agriculture and politics - Environmental Health News

  02-04-2024 13:08
  Farmers' revolt in Europe questions future of agriculture and politics  Environmental Health News
  
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• War plunges Israeli agriculture into the greatest crisis in its history - EL PAÍS USA

  02-04-2024 12:57
  War plunges Israeli agriculture into the greatest crisis in its history  EL PAÍS USA
  
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• Waterloo and Ontario Federations of Agriculture call for pause on assembly of prime farmland in Wilmot Township by Region of Waterloo

  02-04-2024 12:38 via farms.com
  The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture (WFA) and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) have been working closely with area farmers to gather information about the rapidly evolving land use situation unfolding in Wilmot Township.
  
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• New awareness campaign asks Ontario growers to ‘Be Drift Aware’

  02-04-2024 12:37 via farms.com
  As Ontario growers head to the fields this spring, they have easy access to new stewardship resources, no matter what they’re growing. A partnership between multiple farm organizations has created a new awareness campaign, Be Drift Aware.
  
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• Agriculture Minister visits Manitoba Royal Winter Fair

  02-04-2024 12:33 via farms.com
  Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn spent some time at the Manitoba Royal Winter Fair in Brandon this week.
  
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• CGC should be involved in standardizing grain contracts

  02-04-2024 12:32 via farms.com
  Participants at last week's Canada Grain Act Summit covered a lot of topics from the mandate of the Canadian Grain Commission to issues around delivery contracts and market information.
  
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