▬ Iowa's thirst for new farmland helped drive the loss of 97,000 acres of woodlands in just five years; Record-high prices for corn and soybeans in 2012 fueled much of Iowa's woodland losses, as farmers put more land into production to reap bigger profits. | DesMoines Register
▬ The U.S.'s growing tea industry; a lucrative crop can be raised on very small plots of land since a grower can plant 6,000 perennial tea bushes on a single acre of land for about $20,000. | The Guardian
▬ Cooperative Organic Valley was founded by seven dairy farmers in 1988 in La Farge, Wisconsin - it now counts as members more than 1,800 farmers - 1,456 are dairy farmers, 342 raise beef cattle and 174 grow produce. | NYTs
▬ GMO food labeling agreement | The Hill
▬ Promoting Free Trade in Agriculture | Heritage.org
▬ The global farmland grab in 2016: how big, how bad? | Grain
▬ The clamor for organic crops and farmland | NYTs
▬ Credit Suisse forecast potash prices to fall until at least 2018 | Agrimoney
▬ India planted 49.3 million trees in just 24 hours earlier this week in an effort to raise awareness of forest conservation, air pollution, and the fight against climate change — shattering the previous world record of 847,275, set in Pakistan in 2013. | Yale E360
▬ Bridging the gap between forestry and agriculture to improve food security | FAO
▬ Europe is awash in milk and offers €500 million to help dairy farmers | Politico
▬ The growth of the plant based milk market | FT
▬ Soil ‘booster shots’ could turn barren lands green | Science Mag
▬ To protect native grasslands, sodsaver provision must be strengthened | NSAC
▬ Almost 50% of Russians grow their own fruits, vegetables | Fresh Plaza
▬ A 'slow catastrophe' unfolds as the golden age of antibiotics comes to an end | LA Times
▬ Future farm robotics | Farm Industry News
▬ Biofertilizers market size is likely to be valued at USD 1.66 billion by 2022 | Global Market Insights
▬ Mainstreet Economy report for July 2016 | Creighton.edu
▬ Sugar industry's enduring hold over Everglades | LA Times
▬ Lentil Processor Sees Record Canadian Exports as Acreage Expands | Agweb
▬ This Cattle-Herding Robot Will Put Dogs Out of Work | Gizmodo
▬ Could Truffles Be a Fit For U.S. Farmland? | Agweb
▬ Preliminary lab studies at the Salk Institute find THC reduces Alzheimer's beta amyloid proteins in human neurons | Salk.edu
▬ U.S. wheat crop forecast largest since 2008 | World Grain
▬ For some growers, farmers markets just aren’t what they used to be | Wash-Post
▬ The Future of Food in Cities: Urban Agriculture | IPS
▬ The hollowing out of rural Japan | LA Times
▬ Beginning closed-circuit farming in SantaFe with hopes to expand the system | Daily Sentinel
▬ Lamella Roofs | No Tech Magazine
▬ Meet Fort Collins 'prettiest chickens' | Harvest Public Media
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▬ The U.S.'s growing tea industry; a lucrative crop can be raised on very small plots of land since a grower can plant 6,000 perennial tea bushes on a single acre of land for about $20,000. | The Guardian
▬ Cooperative Organic Valley was founded by seven dairy farmers in 1988 in La Farge, Wisconsin - it now counts as members more than 1,800 farmers - 1,456 are dairy farmers, 342 raise beef cattle and 174 grow produce. | NYTs
▬ GMO food labeling agreement | The Hill
▬ Promoting Free Trade in Agriculture | Heritage.org
▬ The global farmland grab in 2016: how big, how bad? | Grain
▬ The clamor for organic crops and farmland | NYTs
▬ Credit Suisse forecast potash prices to fall until at least 2018 | Agrimoney
▬ India planted 49.3 million trees in just 24 hours earlier this week in an effort to raise awareness of forest conservation, air pollution, and the fight against climate change — shattering the previous world record of 847,275, set in Pakistan in 2013. | Yale E360
▬ Bridging the gap between forestry and agriculture to improve food security | FAO
▬ Europe is awash in milk and offers €500 million to help dairy farmers | Politico
▬ The growth of the plant based milk market | FT
▬ Soil ‘booster shots’ could turn barren lands green | Science Mag
▬ To protect native grasslands, sodsaver provision must be strengthened | NSAC
▬ Almost 50% of Russians grow their own fruits, vegetables | Fresh Plaza
▬ A 'slow catastrophe' unfolds as the golden age of antibiotics comes to an end | LA Times
▬ Future farm robotics | Farm Industry News
▬ Biofertilizers market size is likely to be valued at USD 1.66 billion by 2022 | Global Market Insights
▬ Mainstreet Economy report for July 2016 | Creighton.edu
▬ Sugar industry's enduring hold over Everglades | LA Times
▬ Lentil Processor Sees Record Canadian Exports as Acreage Expands | Agweb
▬ This Cattle-Herding Robot Will Put Dogs Out of Work | Gizmodo
▬ Could Truffles Be a Fit For U.S. Farmland? | Agweb
▬ Preliminary lab studies at the Salk Institute find THC reduces Alzheimer's beta amyloid proteins in human neurons | Salk.edu
▬ U.S. wheat crop forecast largest since 2008 | World Grain
▬ For some growers, farmers markets just aren’t what they used to be | Wash-Post
▬ The Future of Food in Cities: Urban Agriculture | IPS
▬ The hollowing out of rural Japan | LA Times
▬ Beginning closed-circuit farming in SantaFe with hopes to expand the system | Daily Sentinel
▬ Lamella Roofs | No Tech Magazine
▬ Meet Fort Collins 'prettiest chickens' | Harvest Public Media
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| Is this the soon to be announced VP choice? If so, expect a no holds barred commentary from me!!! USDA Photo |
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