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UK Farming Needs Long-term Strategic Plan
2014-02-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Government policy should be seen through the lens of food security and there should be a long-term strategic food plan in the UK, writes Chris Harris from the National Farmers Union Conference in Birmingham.
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Study suggests clearcutting and snow farming as global warming mitigation
2014-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County: Snow farming is nothing new for ski area operators, who have long been cultivating the white stuff to help keep their slopes covered. Now, a recent study by researchers at Darthmouth College suggests that snow farming could also make sense on a larger scale, in the context of climate-change mitigation. In a novel look at forests and snow, their report says that replacing forests with snow-covered meadows may provide greater climatic and economic benefits than if slow-growing trees are left standing...
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When drought occurs, fracking & farming collide
2014-02-09 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: A worker monitors water pressure and temperature at an Encana hydraulic-fracturing site outside Rifle. The process splits open oil- and gas-bearing rock often located more than a mile underground. (Associated Press file) The move to tap petroleum-rich shale reserves in some of the country's driest regions, including Colorado, may be setting up a battle between oil and water. The water is needed for hydraulic fracturing, a process that pumps millions of gallons of sand and water into a well...
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Relation Between Organic Farming, Conventional Agriculture
2014-02-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
FRANCE - The rules for organic farming are pretty strict. When it comes to fertilizer, in Europe it’s recommended that farmers use organically produced manure. But conventional manure is an option as long as it’s not from a factory farm.
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DuPont adds weather, new trading to precision farming program
2014-02-04 16:05:07| Chemicals - Topix.net
DuPont Pioneer, the agricultural seed unit of DuPont, said Tuesday that it signed a deal with DTN/The Progressive Farmer to provide weather and market information to farmers, along with new grain trading capabilities, all accessed through mobile devices.
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