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2014 Agriculture review, part 2: Input costs, grain prices and farm economy
2014-12-22 14:49:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
This is the second of a two-part article highlighting what happened agriculturally in 2014. Last weeks article provided a review of 2014 crop production and weather conditions. This week we will focus on some highlights regarding input costs, grain prices and the overall farm economy for 2014. Focus on Ag read more
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5 Agriculture stories to read, Dec.19, 2014
2014-12-19 23:53:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Five agriculture stories to read this week offer 2015 crop budgets and insight into falling gas prices. Read about lower land values, and see what's on Xpert Ed Usset's corn and soybean marketing wish list this Christmas. For some fun, check out amazing RC tractors at work. read more
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Positive Agriculture Response to Cuba Announcement
2014-12-19 17:34:00| National Hog Farmer
Compiled by Kevin Schulz President Barack Obama has announced plans to ease economic and travel restrictions imposed against Cuba. Diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba were severed by Washington more than 50 years ago, so a lot of history has to be restored on both sides of the issue before the two countries can truly be trade partners. Even though, the initial response has been positive from the agriculture camp. Content Classification: Curated read more
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Who owns agriculture data and knowledge?
2014-12-18 20:57:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Recently there have been headlines about agreements between the industry and farm groups on data ownership and privacy. Thats positive. But its really not surprising that a company would agree that you own your data and that it will be returned or removed from their servers. Or that you will be allowed to direct whom it gets shared with or sent to. read more
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Clearing Rainforests Distorts Global Rainfall & Agriculture, Study Says
2014-12-18 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Clearing forests not only releases carbon into the atmosphere, it also triggers worldwide shifts in rainfall and temperatures that are just as potent as those caused by current carbon pollution and that pose great risk to future agricultural productivity, researchers report. Deforestation in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa may alter growing conditions in agricultural areas as far away as the U.S. Midwest, Europe, and China, the study in Nature Climate Change finds. The researchers calculate...
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