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• PA Ag Sec. kicks off annual 'Urban Agriculture Tour' at community gardens in Blair County - WJAC Johnstown

  15-07-2024 23:39
  PA Ag Sec. kicks off annual 'Urban Agriculture Tour' at community gardens in Blair County  WJAC Johnstown
  
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• Bingham GWD installs groundwater monitoring system to help reduce water consumption - Post Register

  15-07-2024 23:30
  Bingham GWD installs groundwater monitoring system to help reduce water consumption  Post Register
  
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• Ecology School receives USDA Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production grant - Press Herald

  15-07-2024 23:02
  
  Ecology School receives USDA Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production grant  Press Herald
  
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• One Scientist’s 96-Year-Old Wheat Goldmine Is About to Transform Agriculture - Popular Mechanics

  15-07-2024 22:40
  
  One Scientist’s 96-Year-Old Wheat Goldmine Is About to Transform Agriculture  Popular Mechanics
  
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• KTIC 840 AM/98.3 FM/98.7 FM - On this day in agriculture history: UNL Tractor Test Laboratory opens - Rural Radio Network

  15-07-2024 20:35
  
  KTIC 840 AM/98.3 FM/98.7 FM - On this day in agriculture history: UNL Tractor Test Laboratory opens  Rural Radio Network
  
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• Guest article: AI can transform precision agriculture, but what are the legal risks? - AgFunderNews

  15-07-2024 20:03
  
  Guest article: AI can transform precision agriculture, but what are the legal risks?  AgFunderNews
  
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• Seaboard Foods Welcomes New President and CEO Chad Groves

  15-07-2024 19:50 via farms.com
  Seaboard Foods has announced the appointment of Chad Groves as the new President and CEO, following the retirement of former CEO Peter Brown. Groves, who previously served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing, and Innovation, officially assumed his new role on July 1. His extensive experience in sales and marketing is expected to drive Seaboard Foods’ commitment to innovation, customer service, and product quality.Under Groves’ leadership, Seaboard Foods aims to furthe
  
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• The Future of Farming: Agriculture Is Slowly Heading Toward Autonomous Machines - globalagtechinitiative.com

  15-07-2024 19:47
  The Future of Farming: Agriculture Is Slowly Heading Toward Autonomous Machines  globalagtechinitiative.com
  
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• NPPC Outlines Key Policy Priorities at 2024 National Pork Industry Conference

  15-07-2024 19:45 via farms.com
  Pork producers and allied industries gathered at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI, for the 28th annual National Pork Industry Conference (NPIC). With over 900 attendees, the event featured seminars on biosecurity, sow and nursery production, animal traceability, industry financial health, and policy issues.Key Highlights:Sustainability and Animal Housing: NPPC Vice President and Iowa producer Rob Brenneman, along with NPPC board member and Ohio producer Pat Hord, shared insights on sus
  
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• Western Illinois University field day to focus on organic agriculture - Jacksonville Journal-Courier

  15-07-2024 19:15
  
  Western Illinois University field day to focus on organic agriculture  Jacksonville Journal-Courier
  
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• Black Farmers Mentor Their Younger Counterparts to Overcome Barriers in Agriculture - Lancaster Farming

  15-07-2024 18:00
  Black Farmers Mentor Their Younger Counterparts to Overcome Barriers in Agriculture  Lancaster Farming
  
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• Committee hearing examines EPA’s impact on agriculture - Texas Farm Bureau

  15-07-2024 17:56
  
  Committee hearing examines EPA’s impact on agriculture  Texas Farm Bureau
  
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• CIMMYT at the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture - CIMMYT

  15-07-2024 17:43
  
  CIMMYT at the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture  CIMMYT
  
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• Unprecedented heatwave sweeps across America, impacting agriculture and communities - Potato News Today

  15-07-2024 17:07
  
  Unprecedented heatwave sweeps across America, impacting agriculture and communities  Potato News Today
  
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• UW Extension Releases Agriculture and Natural Resources Podcast - The Cheyenne Post

  15-07-2024 17:00
  
  UW Extension Releases Agriculture and Natural Resources Podcast  The Cheyenne Post
  
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• A different kind of ag recovery

  15-07-2024 16:48 via farms.com
  A farm in B.C. supports people with mental health and addiction issues
  
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• New Century Farmer Conference is ensuring the future of agriculture through networking! - RFD-TV

  15-07-2024 16:45
  
  New Century Farmer Conference is ensuring the future of agriculture through networking!  RFD-TV
  
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• How Agri-Tech is Changing the Face of Sustainable and Industrial Agriculture - globalagtechinitiative.com

  15-07-2024 16:27
  
  How Agri-Tech is Changing the Face of Sustainable and Industrial Agriculture  globalagtechinitiative.com
  
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• Satellite Cyber Security — The Last ‘Final Frontier’ for Agriculture - CropLife

  15-07-2024 16:21
  Satellite Cyber Security — The Last ‘Final Frontier’ for Agriculture  CropLife
  
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• Maple Leaf Foods Announces Strategic Split to Boost Growth and Sustainability

  15-07-2024 16:10 via farms.com
  Maple Leaf Foods has revealed plans to separate its pork production operations into an independent public company.
  
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• Weekly Hog Market Facts Summary (Week Ending July 12, 2024)

  15-07-2024 16:02 via farms.com
  Ontario Market:
  
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• Damage Caused by Wild Boar Offer Most Visible Indication of Their Presence

  15-07-2024 15:57 via farms.com
  The Wild Boar Specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation says damage caused to the landscape by wild boar is usually the most noticeable indication of a wild boar population.The risk of the spread of disease, especially African Swine Fever, to domestic swine has made the eradication of wild boar a priority in Canada.
  
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• Cool Weather Delays Crop Development But Warmer Weather Expected to Give Crops a Boost

  15-07-2024 15:56 via farms.com
  Manitoba Agriculture reports cool wet weather continued to delay crop develop development over the past week but warmer weather over the next few days is expected to help advance crop progress.
  
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• Saskatchewan Crops in Good Conditions Despite Rain in Some Areas and Lack of Moisture in Others

  15-07-2024 15:54 via farms.com
  Saskatchewan Agriculture reports, despite excess rain in some regions of the province and dry conditions in others, crops are in good condition overall.
  
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• WCVM Research to Develop Tools and Techniques to Reduce Swine Mortality

  15-07-2024 15:51 via farms.com
  Research to be conducted by foreign trained swine veterinarians working through the Western College of Veterinary Medicine to qualify for veterinary certification in Canada, will focus on reducing swine mortality from birth to market.
  
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• Three Finalists Selected For New York AEM-Leopold Conservation Award - Department of Agriculture and Markets

  15-07-2024 15:07
  
  Three Finalists Selected For New York AEM-Leopold Conservation Award  Department of Agriculture and Markets
  
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• Bill Greuel is Sask.’s new deputy ag minister

  15-07-2024 15:00 via farms.com
  Bill Greuel officially becomes the new deputy ag minister at the end of July
  
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• American Farm Bureau Federation launches new award

  15-07-2024 14:30 via farms.com
  The American Farm Bureau will recognize a servicemember in ag who is a positive influence in his or her community
  
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• Students Selected as Agriculture in the Classroom Essay Contest Winners - WTAQ

  15-07-2024 14:11
  
  Students Selected as Agriculture in the Classroom Essay Contest Winners  WTAQ
  
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• Texas Farm Bureau Encourages Youth to ‘Speak Out for Agriculture’ - Farm Bureau News

  15-07-2024 14:03
  
  Texas Farm Bureau Encourages Youth to ‘Speak Out for Agriculture’  Farm Bureau News
  
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• Bolley Agriculture Lab breaks ground on NDSU ‘ag street’ - AgUpdate

  15-07-2024 13:45
  Bolley Agriculture Lab breaks ground on NDSU ‘ag street’  AgUpdate
  
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• Profit Tracker: Feedlot Breakevens Near $190 Per Cwt.

  15-07-2024 13:19 via farms.com
  Negotiated cash cattle sold at all-time highs the first week in July and higher for the seventh consecutive week. Still, cattle feeding margins declined $12 per head for an industry average $451 per head. Meanwhile, beef packers saw their margins improve $40 per head to a loss of $46 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. That puts the packer/feeder margin spread at $497 per head in favor of the feeder.Cash cattle averaged $198.22 per cwt. the week ending July 6, while composit
  
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• The 4,000-lb. Sow and Sustainability

  15-07-2024 13:16 via farms.com
  When it comes to sustainability, genetics play an important role.“I like to tell the story about the 4,000-lb. sow,” says Chris Hostetler, National Pork Board director of animal science when he spoke on “AgriTalk” during World Pork Expo. “When I graduated from high school in 1986, a sow would produce about 1,200 lb. of pork a year.”Modern-day sows, through genetic innovation and improvements, better biosecurity, updated ventilation and housing, increased herd
  
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• Costs must fall, demand must improve, supplies must decline

  15-07-2024 13:12 via farms.com
  You know the drill: One or more of those factors had to happen to improve pig farmers’ financial prospects from the dismal level of 2023. What I haven’t said often enough, I suppose, is that, collectively, those three factors have to improve BY LARGE ENOUGH AMOUNTS to make a difference for pig farmers. Two have improved and one hasn’t changed but are the magnitudes large enough to prevent the failure of a significant number of pig producers? Costs have indeed declined. Fig
  
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• Maple Leaf Foods to spin off pork business into new company

  15-07-2024 13:09 via farms.com
  Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has announced a plan to unlock significant value by separating into two independent public companies, each primed for growth and positioned to be a leader in its field.The company notes it will continue to pursue its vision to be the most sustainable protein company on Earth, now as a more focused, brand-led consumer packaged goods company that will meet the world’s growing need for sustainably produced protein. By spinning off its pork business, the name of which wil
  
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• AASV: Exports are key to the future of the US pork industry

  15-07-2024 13:03 via farms.com
  US veterinarians are essential to protecting the industry from foreign animal disease, preparing for the worst-case scenario and working every day to enhance productivity and sustainability.Pork and edible variety meat exports in 2023 averaged a record of $63 for every hog harvested (Figure 1). This equates to 33% of the hog value, using pork cutout as the basis. Exports account for close to 30% of US pork and variety meat production, but on a cut-specific basis, exports are even more important.
  
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• Business Monday: Queens’ Culinary Marketplace connects shoppers with island agriculture - Big Island Now

  15-07-2024 13:00
  
  Business Monday: Queens’ Culinary Marketplace connects shoppers with island agriculture  Big Island Now
  
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• Strong US demand boosts cow prices in Australia

  15-07-2024 11:42 via farms.com
  Australian beef prices soar as US demand strengthens, driven by competitive processor margins and robust export figures.
  
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• HPAI hit resolved in Oklahoma - Dairy herd safe

  15-07-2024 11:39 via farms.com
  USDA confirms a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in an Oklahoma dairy herd, emphasizing enhanced biosecurity measures.
  
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• $36 Million boost for low-emission ethanol tech

  15-07-2024 11:36 via farms.com
  DOE dedicates $36 million to develop lower-emission fertilizer technologies for ethanol crops, addressing environmental and economic concerns.
  
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• US farmers challenge President's biofuel import strategy

  15-07-2024 11:30 via farms.com
  President's biofuel policy promotes foreign imports, leading to reduced domestic crop usage and farmer discontent.
  
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• Former Indonesian agriculture minister jailed for 10 years - Beef Central

  15-07-2024 08:09
  
  Former Indonesian agriculture minister jailed for 10 years  Beef Central
  
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• Agriculture ‘major driver’ of rise in nitrous oxide emissions over past 40 years - Eco-Business

  15-07-2024 05:06
  
  Agriculture ‘major driver’ of rise in nitrous oxide emissions over past 40 years  Eco-Business
  
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• Covid-year job surge led by agriculture, construction: RBI - The Times of India

  15-07-2024 04:02
  Covid-year job surge led by agriculture, construction: RBI  The Times of India
  
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• Sustainable agriculture focus of conference - Enid News & Eagle

  15-07-2024 04:00
  
  Sustainable agriculture focus of conference  Enid News & Eagle
  
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• ECT Advances Sustainable Agriculture with ESG - TipRanks

  15-07-2024 02:51
  
  ECT Advances Sustainable Agriculture with ESG  TipRanks
  
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• Increasing profitability through regenerative agriculture workshop comes to Mozingo - Nodaway News Leader

  15-07-2024 02:50
  
  Increasing profitability through regenerative agriculture workshop comes to Mozingo  Nodaway News Leader
  
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• PAU alumnus gets global honour for work in sustainable agriculture - The Times of India

  15-07-2024 01:26
  PAU alumnus gets global honour for work in sustainable agriculture  The Times of India
  
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• AgWest Introduces New Monthly Report on Agriculture - Morning Ag Clips -

  15-07-2024 00:49
  
  AgWest Introduces New Monthly Report on Agriculture  Morning Ag Clips -
  
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• Delaware County celebrates agriculture day - WBNG

  15-07-2024 00:44
  Delaware County celebrates agriculture day  WBNG
  
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