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Why gender roles are becoming obsolete in agriculture

2015-08-31 12:00:00| Beef

For women in agriculture, breaking down gender stereotypes and keeping up with the men has been a centurys-old struggle. Todays modern agricultural woman is making her mark and makes up one-third of the nations farmers and ranchers. A new documentary captures some of the struggles of women in ag, and a blog post explains how dads view their little farm girls. Content Classification:  Curated BEEF Daily read more

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Why gender roles are becoming obsolete in agriculture

2015-08-31 04:04:01| Beef

For women in agriculture, breaking down gender stereotypes and keeping up with the men has been a centurys-old struggle. Todays modern agricultural woman is making her mark and makes up one-third of the nations farmers and ranchers. A new documentary captures some of the struggles of women in ag, and a blog post explains how dads view their little farm girls. Content Classification:  Curated BEEF Daily read more

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Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Begins Efforts to Eradicate Exotic Fruit Fly

2015-08-29 09:41:29| Agriculture - Topix.net

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has positively identified the presence of more than 40 Oriental fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis , in south Miami-Dade County. The initial fly was discovered during routine trapping, and additional flies were discovered during expanded trapping activities.

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5 Agriculture stories to read, Aug. 28, 2015

2015-08-28 21:12:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

In the 5 ag stories to read this week, check out some pros and cons to alternative grain storage and read research showing that yield forecast models are accurate. See the variations in farm program payments across high-production states and get tips for calibrating your yield monitor this fall. Finally, enjoy a cool website that features games for the classroom that center on agriculture and farming. read more

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MP's concerns for agriculture industry

2015-08-28 12:21:06| Agriculture - Topix.net

Mr Letwin, who is an annual visitor to the show, said: "I will no doubt have very considerable amount of discussion with the NFU people when I meet them about dairy prices and the effect on farmers. "I will be talking to them about a whole range of possible of ways of helping, I think in the medium term what is needed most, and I hope we can get this ball rolling at the EU level, is some kind of proper futures market so there is a means of smoothing prices so we don't get these very sudden gyration's for local farmers which are very, very difficult for them to deal with.

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