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Higher Nightime Temps Might Be More Worriesome Than We Thought
We're all intimately familiar with the effects of heatwaves and droughts on crops, but plant researchers are taking a deeper dive at exploring how warmer nighttime temperatures are impacting crops around the world like corn, wheat, barley, and rice. From data that is circulating, the night minimum temperature of the contiguous U.S. has increased by +2.6 degrees Fahrenheit over the ...
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America’s Diverse Family Farms: 2021 Edition
The USDA's Economic Research Service has updated its annual "America's Diverse Family Farms" report, which primarily focuses on the "family farm," or any farm where the majority of the business is owned by the principal operator and persons related to them. USDA defines a farm as any place that, during a given year, produced, and sold—or normally would have produced ...
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It Was a Farmer that Started “Santa School”
Charles W. Howard was a farmer that couldn't contain his displeasure with seeing Santas in frayed suits, cheap beards, and who also had inadequate knowledge of reindeer. So in 1937, he determined to improve the problems by starting a "Santa School". History reports the first class consisted of just three men. Eventually, however, Howard would create a Christmas-themed park with ...
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Today is the First Day Of Winter
Despite most of us enjoying the beautiful weather this December, today marks the first day of Winter, with the Winter Solstice occurring at 9:59 p.m. CST on December 21. The first day of winter is also known as being the shortest day of the year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere - it’s the longest day of the ...
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The Christmas Tree
The argument is not about whether your family celebrates with a real or fake Christmas tree, but rather how you use the holidays to build a stronger bond within your family based on traditions and togetherness. Our family has always made the commitment to go with a real Christmas tree. All I can say, it's created some interesting adventures through ...
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Can Lab-Grown Seafood Help Save the Oceans?
Seafood is a decadent, delicious and nutritious source of protein recommended broadly by doctors and dietitians as part of a healthy diet. Yet, with the increasing acidification and changing oceans and the growing world population, the planet needs better solutions for producing seafood. We need to get more seafood protein to more consumers while protecting and preserving the environment for ...
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“Climate Friendly” Chicken Coming in 2022
A company called Do Good Foods is turning food waste into animal feed by recycling about 160 tons of excess food from grocery stores. Its first product, Do Good Chicken, claims to be the “first domestic chicken brand actively combating climate change.” The company even received USDA clearance for special labels touting its food waste and greenhouse gas reduction efforts, ...
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Van Trump Farms Partnering with “EarthOptics” to Help Change How We Look at Soils
The ways we monitor soil haven’t changed a lot in the past 50 years, but EarthOptics CEO, Lars Dyrud believes the next frontier of precision agriculture lies deep underground. Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company maps the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and less expensively than traditional techniques, and has raised +$10 million to help scale its ...
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On Our Radar… Bird Flu Situation Worsening in Europe
Poultry producers in Europe are bracing for a bitter winter battle against Avian Influenza with cases spreading rapidly across the region. Several variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly called bird flu, have been reported with the H5N1 and H5N8 strains seeming to be the most dominant, although at least 8 different variants are known to be in circulation ...
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Fake Foods Continue to Gain More Momentum
For the life of me, I can't fully understand it... the same people that are against GMOs and Crisper Technology in the fields are oftentimes the same people who are now big fans of fake meats or proteins grown in the lab. I just shake my head in disbelief but we have to continue to pay close attention and respect ...
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