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Tuesday informational news links "with a holistic view" are a weekly feature here at Big Picture Agriculture.
UP TOP:
New report shows continued, dramatic losses of American Grasslands | NSAC Blog
EPA sets final 2017 biofuel blending mandate at 19.28 billion gallons | Platts
TRENDS AND INNOVATION:
In the future, will farming be fully automated? | BBC
Drone Usage in Agriculture Could Be a $32 Billion Market | Madison.com
USDA Report Highlights Scientific Research, Development Breakthroughs | USDA
An autonomous tractor update; Trimble showed off a demo offering a look at their work with driverless machines | Farm Industry News
Silicon Valley cultivates a life on the American family farm | CNBC
Today's turkeys weigh twice as much as they did a few decades ago | Business Insider
Glencore: Largest soybean vessel lands in U.K. | World-Grain
NASA Takes Another Step Toward Growing Food In Space | IBTimes
Has a Start-Up Found the Secret to Farming the Elusive Truffle? | NYTs
Scientists Seek to Update Evolution; Recent discoveries have led some researchers to argue that the modern evolutionary synthesis needs to be amended. | Quanta Magazine
Farming in the Future (Several articles) | Take Part Farming Issue
CONSERVATION, ORGANIC, GARDENING, WATER:
Regenerative grazing improves soil health and plant biodiversity | EurekAlert!
FAO-led symposium on agroecology opens in Budapest | FAO
Agroforestry offers climate and sustainability benefits | FAO
They may be pricey, but these less conventional turkeys are on the rise in Minnesota | TwinCities
This Iowa farmer proves that profit and sustainability go hand in hand | EDF
Where are forests in Europe’s Sustainable Development Goals plans? | EurActiv
For Christmas, give these books to the gardener/reader in your life | Portland Press Herald
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AG ECONOMICS, FARMING, CROPS, TRADE:
Farmers Receive Less Than 1/5th of Thanksgiving Retail Dollar | US Agnet
California has the highest value among U.S. States for agricultural exports (See chart of top states) | USDA
Spread of avian flu in Europe causing farmers to destroy hundreds of thousands of poultry | babw News
Keeping the focus on grain pulses | FAO
Potash Corp. cuts jobs, Canadian potash output as prices sag | Globe and Mail
Hemp crop harvested in Virginia for first time in decades | Roanoke Times
Kubota Announces Major Expansion to Georgia Facility | Agweb
New grain terminal planned for Taman, Russia | World-Grain
People are paying £43 a litre for Eastern European donkey milk | Business Insider
FARMLAND:
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent | Southeast Agnet
BIOFUELS:
Feds give ethanol a boost; Iowa cheers | DesMoines Register
EU considering halving crop-based biofuels by 2030 | Reuters
Soybeans Rise on Record EPA Biofuel Mandate | AgWeb
COLORADO CORNER:
Rabobank Announces 20 Innovative Companies to Pitch at FoodBytes! Boulder | BusinessWire
Boulder chef Kimbal Musk sues Wolfgang Puck over use of The Kitchen name | Daily Camera
Fruit as meat? Boulder entrepreneur's foray into jackfruit proving fruitful | Daily Camera
BONUS:
Ants have been farming plants for millions of years, long before people did | LA Times
Handpicking corn was family affair | Columbus Telegram
Food films of the year | Sustainable Food Trust
Just A Taste: Solari Food Series - Francois Vecchio from The Solari Report on Vimeo.
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