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Global demand for fish has risen at twice the rate of the world’s population, in fact, we’re now eating twice as much fish as we did 50 years ago, with per capita intake increasing from 21 pounds to just under 42 pounds annually. I'm told the output needed to fulfill the future demand is expected to double to 230 million ...
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America's feral hog population is approaching 9 million and rising fast in what some call a "feral swine bomb." The invasive beasts are present in at least 39 states and responsible for some $2.5 billion in damage each year. Not only that, they are a breeding ground for dozens of parasites and diseases. That includes African swine fever (ASF), which ...
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People's desire to know how and where their food is grown as well wanting more transparency across the entire process is a growing trend that is changing how we farm and attracting some of the most innovative minds to our industry to tackle this task. Most agree the current manner in which food is both produced and moved across the ...
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Today is officially the first day of Fall, with Winter officially set to begin on December 21. Before it was called "Fall", it was called "Autumn", and before then it was called "Harvest". While the modern names of winter and summer have been around for more than 1,000 years, the names of fall and spring are more recent—and less constant ...
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Food startup Pairwise is hoping to have some of its CRISPR-edited produce items in grocery store aisles as soon as 2022. In August, the USDA gave Pairwise the green light to proceed with commercialization of its new varieties of Brassica juncea, a leafy green most of us know as mustard greens. What's more, they say it's a high-yielding crop that ...
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U.S. producers have $13 billion in new coronavirus aid headed their way using funds added to the Commodity Credit Corp. under the CARES Act last Spring. The second round of aid falls under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, dubbed CFAP 2. Congress had authorized additional borrowing authority for the USDA for the purpose in coronavirus-relief legislation passed earlier this year ...
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The meteorological fall began Tuesday, September 1 and the autumnal equinox occurs September 23, leaving many in the trade looking for temperatures to really start cooling down. Below you will find some guesstimates, the maps show the date when selected cities see their average low temperature first dip to 50 degrees or lower. Of course for producers, talk of low ...
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This is one you don't want to miss as it features Andy Daniels, Carter Williams, John Newton, Darwin Melynk and myself. Overall, we discuss hot topics that are having and will have impact on our businesses and lives including the China trade deal, grain markets, our overall economy, the upcoming Presidential election, the growing wealth gap, and much more! ...
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La Niña is a cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator. It can have an influence on weather patterns around the world. It’s the opposite of El Niño. When a La Niña is present we sometimes see increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin, and that is definitely true this year. During ...
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