Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Agriculture Reading Picks


  1. New global study reveals the ‘staggering’ loss of forests caused by industrial agriculture | ScienceMag
  2. The farmer-managed Cooperatives Working Together export assistance program has helped its member dairy cooperatives sell over 50 million pounds of America-type cheeses and 50 million pounds of whole milk powder overseas so far in 2018. | USAgnet
  3. Millions of chickens drown in Florence floodwaters, manure pits damaged | Reuters
  4. Farmer Lobbying Group Sells Out Farmers, Helps Enshrine John Deere's Tractor Repair Monopoly | Motherboard
  5. WASDE Report | USDA
  6. Rural Mainstreet Index Rises for August: Bankers Expect 7.8 Percent Decline in Farm Equipment Sales Next 12 Months | Creighton.edu
  7. The country needs new farmers but they can’t afford land | New Food Economy
  8. Can an Investment Firm Help Increase U.S. Organic Farmland? | Civil Eats
  9. What should be done to repopulate and reinvigorate rural America? | Food Politics
  10. How some Oregon Locals took on Big Chemical Giants and won | The Intercept
  11. Ergon BioFuels plans to close ethanol plant | Ethanol Producer Magazine
  12. Canada Rethinks Defense of Dairy Farmers as Industry’s Heft Wanes | WSJ (paywall)
  13. Umitron Increases Seed Funding Round for Aquaculture Automation Tech to $11m | AgFunder
  14. The Future of Fish Farming May Be Indoors; New advancements in water filtration and circulation make it possible for indoor fish farms to dramatically grow in size and production | SciAm
  15. Benefits of 'High-yield' farming | Phys.org

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