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5 Agriculture stories to read on May 2, 2014
2014-05-02 21:08:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
EPA seeking comments, corn rootworm resistance, bees and planting, succession planning and rock picking. Agriculture stories you should read today offer you a chance to comment to the EPA and learn more about corn rootworm resistance and sign up for succession planning workshops. They also remind growers that while planting, insecticide dust can impact bees, and that sometimes the rock that looks like a football on the surface is so large all you can do is bury it again. Content Classification: Curated read more
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2012 Census of Agriculture Reveals New Trends in Farming
2014-05-02 19:38:00| National Hog Farmer
There are now 3.2 million farmers operating 2.1 million farms on 914.5 million acres of farmland in the U.S. according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture released by the United States Department of Agriculture last Friday. The census, which is conducted every five years, provides insight into the U.S. farmer demographics, economics and production practices. read more
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Family Farmers Hold Keys to Agriculture in a Warming World
2014-05-02 06:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The challenge is huge but the solution may be small-very small. Faced with global warming and a population that will swell to nine billion by 2050, a growing number of experts say that the way to feed the masses as climate change makes growing our food more difficult is to focus on family farmers, who often can barely feed themselves. When policymakers in the developed world talk about feeding billions of extra mouths in the decades to come, it's multinational agribusinesses-which operate industrial-size...
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US$9.2 Billion Set Aside for Investment in Indian Agriculture
2014-05-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
INDIA - In order to develop agriculture infrastructure in the country, India has set aside US$9.2 billion to develop integrated schemes for agricultural marketing in the 12th plan period (2012-2017), writes Jagdish Kumar.
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5 Agriculture stories to read on April 29, 2014
2014-04-29 22:07:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Fine-tune sprayers, nitrogen management, on-farm experiments, weed resistance and #WeAreFarming Here are five agriculture stories you should check out today. From taking time to tune up equipment and refine weed and nitrogen management to yield gains from on-farm experiments, along with a fun farming parody on YouTube, these are articles you should read (or watch) while you're waiting to get in the field. Content Classification: Curated read more
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