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| Fruit Harvest ~ Cuno Amiet ~ 1914 |
This Tuesday news thread is a weekly feature here at Big Picture Agriculture.
- The big consequence of the Amazon-Whole Foods deal no one's talking about | Chicago Tribune
- U.S. Commodity Markets Respond to Changes in China's Ag Policies | Choices
- Congressional Budget Office: Farm Subsidies Costing Taxpayers $7.5 Billion More Than Expected | EWG
- Grain Stocks: Corn Up 11% from 2016, Soybean Up 11%, All Wheat Up 21% | AgWeb
- U.S. ethanol production capacity continues to increase (graph) | EIA
- ABC and a South Dakota meat producer announced a settlement in a $1.9 billion lawsuit against the network over its reports on a beef product that critics dubbed “pink slime.” | Omaha World-Herald
- Rural (de)population change varies across the United States (Map) | USDA
- Egg executives in Iowa salmonella case must report to prison | DesMoines Register
- Farm Bureau, USDA reports show drop in food costs | Agripulse
- Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Expected to Be Size of New Jersey This Summer | Weather.com
- ‘Father of No-Till’ honored for pioneering work | DeltaFarmPress
- Study paints a confused picture of how insecticides are affecting bees | ArsTechnica
- Canadian Farmers Plant More Canola Than Wheat for First Time Ever | Bloomberg
- Increased Dakota Impact on U.S. Row Crops (Impressive graph) | DTN
- China Doubles Subsidy for Farmers to rotate crops | Successful Farming
- Labor costs dominate food safety expenses for California leafy greens producers (graph) | USDA
- California Adds Herbicide Glyphosate Used By Monsanto To List Of Cancer-Causing Chemicals | Huff-Post
- Weed resistance to glyphosate on GMO crops: EPA needs to do better | Food Politics
- Rice planting in Mequon is historic first for Wisconsin | USA Today
- The last Oscar Mayer meats will roll down the line in Madison on Thursday | Madison.com
- The Amazon's New Danger: Brazil sets sights on palm oil | The Guardian
- Egg market drowning in supply sends prices to lowest in a decade | MySanAntonio
- Baby-food subscriptions take culture of convenience too far | Treehugger
- Can drinking tea prevent dementia? | Harvard Health
- Could Vitamin C Be the Cure for Deadly Infections? | Smithsonian Mag
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