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Tuesday informational news links "with a holistic view" are a weekly feature here at Big Picture Agriculture.
UP TOP:
Photos of Large Scale Agriculture | NYTs Magazine
TRENDS AND INNOVATION:
The Chinese region of Dezhou is to get dozens of hectares of greenhouse in the coming years. | HortiDaily
Our freezers runneth over: Explaining the US food surplus | AP/SacBee
Three crop insurance alternatives which are likely to be proposed in the debate over the next farm bill. | Choices
Team unravels mystery of bacteria's antibiotic resistance | Phys.org
Mega Robot dairy farms are setting up in Japan | Agweb
Origin Agritech, a Chinese seed company now led by an executive with Iowa roots, has opened an office in Des Moines, its first location outside China. | DesMoines Register
Net income for the nation's agricultural cooperatives soared by 14% last year | Feedstuffs
Lack of crop storage due to record harvests | Leader and Times [Includes good photo of corn on ground]
Lundberg Family Farms, and its network of contracted farmers along the West Coast hope to harvest 2 million pounds of quinoa this year. | AP/SacBee
Tribune, a massive machine for harvesting crops and hauling | Agriculture.com
Russia now leads in Wheat Production | Bloomberg
How India’s Taste for Soy Oil Has Fueled a Surge in Imports | WSJ
More Americans are choosing turkey over red meats | CNBC
Madagascar hillsides stripped bare as locals seek land | Phys.org
Western Innovator: A different way to farm butter head lettuce | Capital Press
Bright Green builds 5.8 million sq. ft. greenhouse in Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico for medicinal plants | HortiDaily
Two New Berries for You from ARS | USDA
CONSERVATION, ORGANIC, GARDENING, WATER:
Mississippi River faces mounting environmental threats. | StarTribune
Record low number of British butterflies concerns scientists | FarmingUK
Bill Mollison obituary; Ecologist and one of the co-creators of permaculture | The Guardian
Removal of nitrates in Iowa water | DesMoines Register
What's Behind Oregon's Marionberry Mania? | NPR
Perennial grain kernza is being used for beer | Business Insider
AG ECONOMICS, FARMING, CROPS, TRADE:
USDA to Distribute $7 Billion in Farm Bill Payments this Fall | Farm Policy
Low Food Prices: Good for Your Pocket, Bad for Small Farmers | IPS [Quote: worldwide more than 475 million farms are less than 2 hectares in size and more than 410 million farms are less than 1 hectare in size.]
Global wheat and rice harvests poised to set new record | FAO
UN pegs grain prices at 10-year low - and cautious on revival prospects | Agrimoney
Low Pig prices | Bloomberg
FAPRI's Farm Income Predictions | Agri-pulse
France's Secretive Milk Baron Loses for Once | Bloomberg
Anne Burkholder, a cattle farmer in Nebraska, talks about working and living in an area much more rural than the Florida city where she grew up. | The Atlantic
California tightens up use of pesticide Telone | AP
BIOFUELS:
Ethanol in U.S. Gas Tanks is Backfiring for Climate Change | Climate Central [Quote: America’s fuel standard “actually leads to a net increase” in greenhouse gas emissions — by hundreds of millions of tons from 2006 to 2022.]
Canadian Ecofiscal Commission report says "It's time to drop costly biofuels subsidies" | CTV News
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the Renewable Enhancement and Growth Support Rule proposing to update both its renewable fuels and other fuels regulations. | Biofuels International
US Farmers seek to double ethanol exports | FT (paywall)
FARMLAND:
Go east for free, Moscow tells prospective settlers | FT
Falling farm profitability is weighing on English farmland values | Agrimoney
COLORADO CORNER:
Ghost Farms of Colorado with photos | Modern Farmer
The most popular beers at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival in Denver | CNBC
HEALTH, FOOD, NUTRITION:
How Michelle Obama quietly changed what Americans eat | VOX
Whole Foods, Wal-Mart And The Coming Commoditization Of Organic Grocers | Seeking Alpha
Ube Is The Natural Ingredient That Turns Food Perfectly Purple | Huff-Post
BONUS:
Test driving a driverless tractor in Southampton | BBC News
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