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CropLife
Agriculture professionals are working smarter, not harder, than ever before. Smart farming technologies have enabled them to reduce costs, maximize yields and profits, and still be incredibly efficient in the process.
And there is perhaps no better example of smart farming than with the mobile app.
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CropLife
In the early 1970s, when reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were first looking into what would become the Watergate Scandal, they were advised by insider “Deep Throat” to remember one very simple rule: Follow the money.
Here at CropLife magazine, we thought this was a very good plan for us as well.
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Standard Digital
In the scorching sun, Alphonce Abok keeps an eye on his fields of watermelons growing near the banks of the Sondu River, one of the major channels feeding into Lake Victoria.
“I hope with enough water this time around I will harvest my watermelons,” said Abok.
Not so long ago, the farmer said, his efforts failed as he could not get enough water for the crop.
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Growing Produce
While scientists and policy experts debate the impacts of global warming, the Earth’s soil is releasing roughly nine times more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than all human activities combined. This huge carbon flux from soil, which is due to the natural respiration of soil microbes and plant roots, begs one of the central questions in climate change science.
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USA Today
President-elect Donald Trump, who made criticism of foreign trade deals a major theme of his presidential campaign, said he has nominated former Reagan administration official Robert Lighthizer to be his new U.S. trade representative.
Lighthizer "has extensive experience striking agreements that protect some of the most important sectors of our economy, and has repeatedly fought in the private sector to prevent bad deals from hurting Americans," Trump said in a statement.
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Growing Produce
The nation’s fruit growers, in the main, like their prospects for the coming year. Consumers are looking for better flavor and nutrition. Buoyed by new varieties and technology, growers know they have good products and they’re looking forward to providing them. Those were the chief takeaways from American Fruit Grower and Western Fruit Grower magazines’ second annual State of the Industry survey.
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Stock & Land
The coconut craze is taking a back seat this summer as we welcome watermelon back to the table.
As the latest and greatest food fad, watermelon will be cementing its status in our social feeds, but not just for aesthetic reasons. While the fruit itself is not new, now its content is being sold separately.
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Perishable News
Importers of fruits, vegetables and specialty crops covered under “Section 8e” import regulations are benefiting from a faster and more streamlined process. The Agricultural Marketing Service’s participation in the government-wide International Trade Data System is expanding from a three-port pilot program to a nationwide pilot, which is accepting filings at all U.S. ports of entry.
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Food Safety News
Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our "complicated bureaucracies" that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are sure to be taking many "business as usual" actions in January.
Confucius taught the Ancient Chinese bureaucracies that rituals were important for times when politics and maintaining relationships were important. The lesson has not been lost on the modern era.
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Growing Produce
Scanning ahead to the early days of the Donald Trump Administration, there remain a lot of uncertainties. But one thing is clear — it will definitely be different. How President Trump’s actions shake out for agriculture remains to be seen. His stance on trade and immigration might have the farm sector a little rattled, but regulatory reform could be a bright spot for agriculture.
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