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| Haymaking ~ Pyotr Konchalovsky ~ 1947 |
This Tuesday news thread is a weekly feature here at Big Picture Agriculture.
- Here’s What U.S. Farmers Will Plant More (and Less) of in 2017 | Bloomberg k.m.: This includes great charts. Soybean prices took a hit after this report.
- Growing A Prairie In The Shadow Of An Agribusiness Legacy | Harvest Public Media Quote: "he realized he’d never even seen an intact prairie ecosystem despite growing up in Iowa"
- World Bank Ignores Land Grabbing | IPS
- Agrispeculation in eastern Europe; Investors are buying more of eastern Europe's farmland, turning it into instruments of speculation and letting the owners profit from public subsidies. Smaller farmers are getting pushed out. | DW
- Nitrates, Bacteria, Water Quality a Growing Concern for Rural Residents | Center for Rural Affairs
- Salmon farming in crisis: 'We are seeing a chemical arms race in the seas' | The Guardian
- Farmers Still Face Problems Reining in Premium Costs - Insurance Problems Remain | DTN's Chris Clayton
- Iowa’s biodiesel producing capacity to increase to 400 million gallons a year, or 20% | Biofuels International Magazine
- Speculators are more Bearish on Grains | Agrimoney
- Corn Exports to Mexico (in a round-about-way) | Tiwa Farms
- Very rare calf born at Conner Prairie, Indiana | IndyStar
- A salt solvent allows for natural fiber garments to be recycled into new Ioncell fabric | Popular Science
- Dairy is scary. The public are waking up to the darkest part of farming | The Guardian
- A guy who made tools to catch terrorists is now using bomb-sensing technology to grow food | Business Insider
- Scientists Discover a New Source of Methane: Tree Trunks | YaleE360
- A 'bionic leaf' could help feed the world | Phys.org
- The Death and Rebirth of the Duncan Grapefruit | NYTs
- Maple syrup extract enhances antibiotic action | EurekAlert!
- Small Scale Canning And Jarring Of Fruit And Vegetables. Interview with Oregon's Muirhead Canning Company | Hourlong Podcast by Matt Brechwald of Off Farm Income
- New Study Suggests Vitamin D Decreases Cancer Risk | US Agnet
Winners of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards | The Atlantic
THIS WEEK'S VIDEO:
A Video Of A Really Big Chicken Is Going Viral And It's Terrifying
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