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Harvest and the farm bill
Harvest and the farm bill  Norfolk Daily News
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Hurricane Helene Becomes Third Deadliest U.S. Storm of the Century, Devastates Southeastern States
Hurricane Helene Becomes Third Deadliest U.S. Storm of the Century, Devastates Southeastern States  Business Times
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One of California’s major agricultural regions could ban ‘factory farming’
Residents in Sonoma County are divided on Measure J, which farmers say could yield unintended economic consequences if passed.
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Plants Have a Backup Plan
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. — Tending a garden is hard work. Imagine it from the plants’ perspective. Each relies on fine-tuned genetic processes to pass down accurate copies of chromosomes to future generations. These processes sometimes involve billions of moving parts. Even the tiniest disruption can have a cascading effect. So, for plants like Arabidopsis…
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Hurricane Helene impacting soybean growers
A soybean specialist with North Carolina State University says growers across much of the country have been impacted by Hurricane Helene. Rachel Vann, who also serves as the lead public information officer with the Science for Success initiative, tells Brownfield farmers from the Southeast to the Eastern Corn Belt are facing a variety of issues.…
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U.S. wheat futures jump to four-month high as Russia’s wheat crop suffers from drought
U.S. wheat futures jump to four-month high as Russia’s wheat crop suffers from drought  MSN
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Port Strike Ends, Sigh of Relief Across the Agricultural Supply Chain
(FARGO, ND)– Late on Thursday evening, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association and management groups reached a tentative deal on wages after tens of thousands of union members working from Maine to Texas walked off the job Tuesday morning. The strike had led to uncertainty about the movement of supplies as the nation heads into…
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U.S. Dairy Welcomes End to Port Strike, Urges Swift Conclusion of Contract Negotiations
ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today welcomed news that the labor strike affecting East and Gulf Coast ports has come to an end, allowing port operations to resume. The two organizations emphasized the importance of quickly finalizing contract negotiations to provide long-term certainty for U.S. dairy…
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Ag drones being used in Hurricane Helene rescue and recovery
The agriculture industry is stepping up to help Western North Carolina following the destruction of Hurricane Helene.  A group of ag drone pilots are assisting in the rescue, recovery, and relief efforts in western North Carolina. Emily Cave and her husband Preston farm in Surry County, about 3 hours northeast of Asheville, one of…
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University of Illinois Studies Farmland Decline
The University of Illinois studied the loss of U.S. farmland, dividing the country into nine regions. Farmdoc says land in farms declined in all nine regions and was led by pastureland. The decline in pastureland was likely facilitated by a growth in livestock confinement operations. Planted cropland declined in all regions except the Northern Plains…
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Wheat Production at Highest Level in Eight Years
U.S. wheat production for the 2024-2025 marketing year is estimated at 1.971 billion bushels, up nine percent year-to-year and the highest level since 2016-2017. The USDA says this stands in contrast to a long-term downward trend in U.S. wheat production that resulted in declining acreage as farmers switched to other crops like corn and soybeans.…
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ADM to idle Iowa soy facility during record US harvest
ADM to idle Iowa soy facility during record US harvest  Reuters
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Lste-season warmth, heat and largely dry ahead still ahead for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and near- or below-normal precipitation across much of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to parts of the eastern U.S., mainly from Georgia to New England. Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal weather should be limited to northern Maine; portions of the…
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Robert Bonnie talks Hurricane Helene Recovery for Farmers
Robert Bonnie talks Hurricane Helene Recovery for Farmers  Southeast AgNet
