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Surprise Tax Change Upends Trading in Crop Powerhouse Brazil
Bloomberg· 2 days agoHave a confidential tip for our reporters? A surprise tax change in agriculture powerhouse Brazil is...
Wheat Futures Slide as Exports Stay Uncompetitive — Daily Grain Highlights
Morningstar· 3 days agoBy Kirk Maltais -- Wheat for July delivery fell 1.9% to $6.45 1/2 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday, with U.S. export sales sinking as a result of lacking consumer interest ...
Mexico's floating gardens are ancient wonders of sustainable farming
Stacker via AOL· 1 day agoChinampas, the study said...example, can produce as much as 100 kilograms of broccoli per day —...
Illinois farmers make up ground during planting season
The Center Square· 3 days agoAs of mid-May, less than half of the corn and soybean crops had been put in the ground. Mark...
Subsoil moisture has recharged with consistent heavy rainfall
KCCI 8 Des Moines· 14 hours agoDespite drier than typical conditions last week in Iowa, the abundant rainfall of preceding weeks...
European farmers angry at climate policies could help sway EU parliamentary elections
NPR· 12 hours agoThat’s how crazy it’s gotten now.” Twenty-first century farming in Europe means GPS-enabled tractors, climate change-inspired rules and crop rotations monitored by cameras ...
..., and CFS conservation agronomist Dean Frank, talk in a field with a cover crop of wheat that...
The Brunswick News· 3 days agoJason Lohmann, his dad Ken Lohmann, and CFS conservation agronomist Dean Frank, talk in a field with...
Extreme solar storms took tractors in circles while farmers were planting crops
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 6 days agoU.S. farmers trying to plant crops were sent in circles in May when extreme geomagnetic storms...
Saving Ketchup: The Race to Breed a Tomato for a Warming World - WSJ’s The Future of Everything -...
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoDanny Lewis: Ketchup is more than just a delicious addition to a backyard bite. Patrick Thomas: The tomato industry is one example of how some of these produce crops could be under threat from ...
Instead of all corn and soybeans, grow a variety of produce
The Gazette· 7 days agoIn his letter to the editor Brad Wilson wrote "At one point Jones suggests removing 40% of corn ethanol acres and planting them to seven fruits and vegetables, apparently ...