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• Montana secures $50 million grant for forestry- and agriculture-related climate initiatives - Montana Free Press

  23-07-2024 23:57
  Montana secures $50 million grant for forestry- and agriculture-related climate initiatives  Montana Free Press
  
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• Department of Agriculture warns of invasive plant species spreading in state - talkbusiness.net

  23-07-2024 23:19
  Department of Agriculture warns of invasive plant species spreading in state  talkbusiness.net
  
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• Application period now open for alliance to Advance Climate Smart Agriculture Program - Wadena Pioneer Journal

  23-07-2024 22:01
  
  Application period now open for alliance to Advance Climate Smart Agriculture Program  Wadena Pioneer Journal
  
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• Seeding New Capital: Understanding Private Financing for a Regenerative Agriculture Future - Conservation Finance Network

  23-07-2024 21:33
  Seeding New Capital: Understanding Private Financing for a Regenerative Agriculture Future  Conservation Finance Network
  
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• Tesseract Ventures Re-Imagines Precision Agriculture with Advanced Ag Drone Technology - StreetInsider.com

  23-07-2024 21:20
  
  Tesseract Ventures Re-Imagines Precision Agriculture with Advanced Ag Drone Technology  StreetInsider.com
  
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• Video | Agriculture Budget 2024 : What’s in it for agriculture, food, public distribution and consumer affairs sectors? - The Hindu

  23-07-2024 20:21
  
  Video | Agriculture Budget 2024 : What’s in it for agriculture, food, public distribution and consumer affairs sectors?  The Hindu
  
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• Federal Agriculture Minister announces 13 semi-finalists in the Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge - Central Alberta Online

  23-07-2024 19:43
  
  Federal Agriculture Minister announces 13 semi-finalists in the Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge  Central Alberta Online
  
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• MN Agriculture in the Classroom Wraps Up Their Summer Teacher Tours - lptv.org

  23-07-2024 19:33
  
  MN Agriculture in the Classroom Wraps Up Their Summer Teacher Tours  lptv.org
  
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• Pulse Market Insight #256

  23-07-2024 19:28 via farms.com
  A Roller Coaster Growing SeasonWhat a difference a few months makes! Before the growing season got started, most of the prairies were under some sort of drought conditions with areas of severe or extreme drought in all three provinces. Then, some late snow and early rain in late March and April started to whittle away at drought areas. Things really got more active with widespread rains in May and June, which delayed planting for many farmers. Despite all that rain, a few areas were still on the
  
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• Ministry of Labour Continues to Dither on Rail Strike

  23-07-2024 19:25 via farms.com
  The Wheat Growers Association welcomes the Hon. Steven MacKinnon as the new Minister of Labour. We ask that he move quickly to resolve the pending national rail strike. The Canadian Industrial Relations Board intends to release its decision regarding the Ministerial Referral on the maintenance of activities by Friday, August 9. Strike action may take place 72 hours after the release, pending an extended cooling off period.“It is unbelievable how naive the previous Minister was, allowing a
  
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• Fruit flies impact Manitoba berry crops

  23-07-2024 19:22 via farms.com
  The fruit flies are here — and they’re disturbing the economy.Recent weather has been great for spotted wing drosophila, vinegar flies notorious for damaging fruit crops. Now, the population has reached “economically damaging levels,” according to a Manitoba Agriculture fruit crop report released last week.It’s the case for Edith Smith, co-owner of Prairie Adventure Farm. The fruit fly problem is the worst she’s seen in her 13 years of growing sour cherries.Th
  
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• Agriculture, Construction and Mining Machinery Markets, 2024-2033 - Global Market to Total $1.36 Trillion by 2033; AB Volvo Dominates Revenue Shares, Followed by Deere & Company - Yahoo Finance UK

  23-07-2024 19:06
  
  Agriculture, Construction and Mining Machinery Markets, 2024-2033 - Global Market to Total $1.36 Trillion by 2033; AB Volvo Dominates Revenue Shares, Followed by Deere & Company  Yahoo Finance UK
  
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• Whole Foods Market Releases 2023 Impact Report Highlighting Agriculture as a Force for Good - Post Register

  23-07-2024 19:00
  Whole Foods Market Releases 2023 Impact Report Highlighting Agriculture as a Force for Good  Post Register
  
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• Whole Foods Market Releases 2023 Impact Report Highlighting Agriculture as a Force for Good - Business Wire

  23-07-2024 19:00
  
  Whole Foods Market Releases 2023 Impact Report Highlighting Agriculture as a Force for Good  Business Wire
  
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• New Jersey Department of Agriculture Highlights Summer Food Service - PerishableNews

  23-07-2024 18:32
  
  New Jersey Department of Agriculture Highlights Summer Food Service  PerishableNews
  
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• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Report Says Climate Risks Projected to Affect Fish Biomass Around the World's Ocean - PerishableNews

  23-07-2024 18:18
  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Report Says Climate Risks Projected to Affect Fish Biomass Around the World's Ocean  PerishableNews
  
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• Meet Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 State FFA Officers - Lancaster Farming

  23-07-2024 18:00
  
  Meet Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 State FFA Officers  Lancaster Farming
  
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• Would another Trump Presidency Lead to a Return of Trade Wars?

  23-07-2024 17:48 via farms.com
  Trump's protectionist policies could lead to the renegotiation of trade agreements.
  
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• Budget 2024: Agriculture gets higher allocation; fertilizer, food subsidies slashed, farmers express concern - The Hindu

  23-07-2024 17:26
  Budget 2024: Agriculture gets higher allocation; fertilizer, food subsidies slashed, farmers express concern  The Hindu
  
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• Montour County fair educates on agriculture - PAHomePage.com

  23-07-2024 17:21
  
  Montour County fair educates on agriculture  PAHomePage.com
  
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• Union Budget 2024 | Allocation for agriculture: A comparative look since 2019 - Deccan Herald

  23-07-2024 16:57
  
  Union Budget 2024 | Allocation for agriculture: A comparative look since 2019  Deccan Herald
  
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• Neglect of agriculture R&D in budget risks India’s food security and growth - The Indian Express

  23-07-2024 16:08
  Neglect of agriculture R&D in budget risks India’s food security and growth  The Indian Express
  
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• U.S. Department of Agriculture — News - Early Learning Resource Center Region 5

  23-07-2024 16:00
  
  U.S. Department of Agriculture — News  Early Learning Resource Center Region 5
  
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• The Dawn Of AI In Agriculture Is Harvesting The Future - Forbes

  23-07-2024 16:00
  
  The Dawn Of AI In Agriculture Is Harvesting The Future  Forbes
  
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• Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture meet to advance the resilience and growth of the sector

  23-07-2024 15:54 via farms.com
  The annual conference of Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture was held in Whitehorse, Yukon, from July 17 to 19, 2024.
  
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• Farmers support grain safety training and equipmen

  23-07-2024 15:50 via farms.com
  Safety is important in farming, and many organizations work hard to raise awareness of being safe around farm machinery or when working with livestock. The topic of safety around harvested grain can be overlooked – but with grain harvest now underway in Ontario, it’s also an important one to know about.
  
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• Ag productivity gets $5M boost

  23-07-2024 15:49 via farms.com
  Accelerated breeding is nothing new to the world of agriculture, but a homegrown initiative just received a big financial boost.The Global Institute for Food Security operates at the University of Saskatchewan, and their accelerated breeding program received a $5 million commitment from Farm Credit Canada.“For those who are being introduced to our organization for the first time, we were founded as a unique industry government academic partnership in 2012,” explained Steve Webb, CEO
  
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• Heat accelerates crop development

  23-07-2024 15:48 via farms.com
  A week of warmer weather and reduced rainfall has accelerated crop advancement and enabled haying operations to progress throughout the province.With the forecasted heat over the next week many regions are hoping for moisture to help support crop development, reduce crop stress and sustain topsoil moisture conditions. Many areas across the province received reduced to trace amounts of moisture, but a few isolated storms did move through the province and brought hail, wind and heavy rainfall. The
  
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• Bringing National and International Rural Research to Ontario

  23-07-2024 15:48 via farms.com
  Rural development practitioners are at the front line of facilitating prosperous rural communities, places, and environments across Ontario. Ensuring rural development practitioners have access to the most up to date knowledge is critical to facilitating decision-making on the future of rural plac
  
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• Opinion: Cultivating growth

  23-07-2024 15:47 via farms.com
  Canada’s agriculture and agri-food system generates around $143 billion, or 7 percent of our gross domestic product, per year. It also provides 1 in every 9 jobs in Canada and employs a total of 2.3 million people. Yet agriculture and food remain a forgotten stepchild to other economic sectors, such as oil and gas and manufacturing, and barely receive a mention at budget time.Neither does it figure in environmental discussions, despite the fact Canadian farmers are global leaders at sustai
  
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• TELUS Community Boards reach milestone with $100 million in donations to Canadian charities

  23-07-2024 15:42 via farms.com
  TELUS is proud to announce a major milestone in charitable giving in Canada, with TELUS' Community Board program reaching $100 million in donations to local charities across the country. Funded by the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation®, TELUS' Canadian Community Boards are composed of local business and community leaders and are empowered to make decisions about where charitable grants are best allocated based on need and maximum impact. As youth-serving organizations struggle to keep up with
  
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• Daybreak July 23: Agriculture funding bill pushed off weekly schedule - Agri-Pulse

  23-07-2024 15:42
  
  Daybreak July 23: Agriculture funding bill pushed off weekly schedule  Agri-Pulse
  
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• Agriculture ministers discuss the grocery code of conduct at annual meeting

  23-07-2024 15:40 via farms.com
  Federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments traveled to the Yukon capital for their annual conference, which included farm tours and several days of meetings.Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said Canada produces the best agricultural products in the world.“This year’s conference was another great opportunity to highlight the excellent work being done right across the country and discuss some of the most important issues we face, to help ensure that folks worki
  
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• Agriculture Roundup for Monday, July 22, 2024

  23-07-2024 15:39 via farms.com
  The Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge now has 13 semi-finalists who are working on processes, and technologies designed to reduce methane emissions produced by cattle.The $12-million Challenge uses a staged approach to move innovators through the process of developing and deploying their solutions in the cow-calf, dairy and feedlot sectors.The first stage of the Challenge attracted 86 applications from innovators across Canada and internationally.The 13 semi-finalists’ entries span
  
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• Researchers examine nanotechnological methods for improving agriculture - Purdue University

  23-07-2024 15:33
  
  Researchers examine nanotechnological methods for improving agriculture  Purdue University
  
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• Loblaws apologizes after farmers’ market text message

  23-07-2024 15:20 via farms.com
  A text message from Loblaws directed customers to skip farmers’ markets
  
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• A busy day for AAFC

  23-07-2024 15:14 via farms.com
  Funding and contest announcements all came on July 22
  
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• WIU Introduces Master of Science in Engineering Technology with Precision Agriculture Emphasis - Radio Monmouth, IL

  23-07-2024 15:04
  
  WIU Introduces Master of Science in Engineering Technology with Precision Agriculture Emphasis  Radio Monmouth, IL
  
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• Governments Expanding Mental Health Supports for Farm Workers

  23-07-2024 14:46 via farms.com
  The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $538,000 through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to expand the Farmer Wellness Initiative to Ontario farm workers. Of that total, nearly $178,000 will be dedicated to supporting the delivery of services in Spanish.
  
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• Budget 2024 spotlights agriculture, overall rural recovery - Forbes India

  23-07-2024 14:39
  Budget 2024 spotlights agriculture, overall rural recovery  Forbes India
  
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• Syngenta announces Cool Farm Tool integration in Cropwise™ Sustainability

  23-07-2024 14:25 via farms.com
  Syngenta is excited to announce the integration of Cool Farm Tool (CFT)into the Cropwise™ Sustainability (CWS) application. CFT is a globally recognized carbon quantification tool that enables growers to measure estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on their farms, which they can now pair with custom recommendations from CWS to reduce their environmental footprint.
  
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• Ag Canada Lowers Old-, New-Crop Canola Ending Stocks Estimates

  23-07-2024 14:24 via farms.com
  A major increase in the export forecast has tightened the old-crop canola ending stocks forecast, while new-crop stocks have been lowered as well, despite a higher production estimate. 
  
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• FPT Ag Ministers discussed a number of key issues during their annual conference including the need to improve producer programs

  23-07-2024 14:22 via farms.com
  Federal, Provincial and Territorial Agriculture Ministers spent time talking about ways to improve the Business Risk Management programs during their annual conference last week in Whitehorse.
  
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• Global Agriculture Analytics Market Size To Worth USD 4.38 Billion By 2033 l CAGR of 12.92% - GlobeNewswire

  23-07-2024 14:21
  Global Agriculture Analytics Market Size To Worth USD 4.38 Billion By 2033 l CAGR of 12.92%  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Canadian dairy industry receives $8.5 million earmarked for traceability and quality assurance

  23-07-2024 14:21 via farms.com
  Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced $8.5 million for two projects led by Dairy Farmers of Canada.
  
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• Ala. Dept. of Agriculture and Industries issues biosecurity measures for livestock shows - Alabama Political Reporter

  23-07-2024 14:08
  
  Ala. Dept. of Agriculture and Industries issues biosecurity measures for livestock shows  Alabama Political Reporter
  
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• Union Budget 2024: Spotlight on Farmers and Agriculture - Entrepreneur

  23-07-2024 14:07
  
  Union Budget 2024: Spotlight on Farmers and Agriculture  Entrepreneur
  
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• Exploring Trends in the Agriculture Robots Market Industry Statistics, Scope, Demand by 2031 - EIN News

  23-07-2024 13:59
  Exploring Trends in the Agriculture Robots Market Industry Statistics, Scope, Demand by 2031  EIN News
  
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• 300+ Agriculture Groups Call on EPA to Reform Endangered Species Act Processes - Morning Ag Clips -

  23-07-2024 13:41
  
  300+ Agriculture Groups Call on EPA to Reform Endangered Species Act Processes  Morning Ag Clips -
  
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• Greens’ top agriculture MEP trusts von der Leyen’s promises on sustainable farming - EURACTIV

  23-07-2024 12:58
  
  Greens’ top agriculture MEP trusts von der Leyen’s promises on sustainable farming  EURACTIV
  
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