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Can cover crops help farmers combat climate change, drought?
2015-11-19 19:52:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
As harvest season ends and farmers in the United States ready themselves for winter, one small change could make a huge difference in their soils health and the health of our climate-impacted world: planting cover crops. read more
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Brazil climate change report warns of failed hydropower and crops
2015-11-09 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A comprehensive new study commissioned by Brazils government predicts severe drought and crop failures due to climate change by 2040. Brazil now gets 78% of its electricity from hydropower, but decreased rainfall could cut river flows by 38 to 57% to the nations four biggest existing hydropower plants, sharply decreasing energy generation. Reduced water flows to proposed dams in the Tapajós basin, as well as to the gigantic, under construction Belo Monte dam, could make hydroelectric power...
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Two Chances to Stock Up on Storage Crops
2015-10-14 00:44:11| PortlandOnline
Grow Portland and Friends of Family Farmers offer bulk-buying in time for winter.
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More than half of EU officially bans genetically modified crops
2015-10-05 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: It`s a landslide. More than half the 28 countries in the European Union, including Germany and France, have decided to ban their farmers from growing genetically modified crops. Several regions, including Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have also joined the movement. Environmental groups long opposed to GM crops are delighted with the outcome. "There has never been a clearer signal that GM crops, and the companies that make them are not wanted in Europe," says Mute Schimpf, of Friends of the...
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Replace nutrients for successful crops
2015-10-02 18:20:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source Giving crops the right nutrition can help yield goals become reality. What is the best way to ensure your crop will get the nutrients it needs? First, set your yield goal. Then, use a tool to determine how much of each nutrient is needed to achieve those yields. read more
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