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• New Satellite System Helps Farmers Detect Micro-Changes

  
  No Camels — Authority: 457
  Tweet Scientists in Israel have developed a way of using satellite images to help farmers detect small-scale changes in climate and improve their harvests, a method that could bolster food supplies for an increasingly hungry world population. Rather than analyze the weather and topography of large swathes of ...
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• Ag Calendar

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  There are a variety of things coming up including an event and a dealine yet this week as Tyron Spearman runs through the ag calendar. Download Audio
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• Farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) A 35-year-old farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his field in Damoh district after his crop failed, family members said Sunday.Bhagwandas Patel of Chewla village in Hata block was disturbed as the grain crop in his 4 acre land had got ruined because of the frost.Around Jan 20, ...
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• Trials on Himachal crops successful, says institute

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Shimla, Jan 29 (IANS) Scientists Sunday claimed that trials on vegetable crops in varied temperatures of Himachal Pradesh have been successful with the use of a newly identified fungus.Field trials on cauliflower, capsicum and tomato crops in Kangra and Kullu districts have been successful with the use of acultivable ...
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• Ag in Review for the Week of January 23, 2012

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast .
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• Southern Arizona Has Agriculture to Photograph

  
  Tucson Photography — Authority: 110
  Cotton Picken’ Cotton Field by Jim Purcell You may not think of Arizona and agriculture in the same sentance, but you should. We have over 700,000 acres of field crops. Apples, alfalfa, beans, beets, broccoli, over 20 different crops are grown. Cattle, horses, and all the usual animals are raised along with the ...
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• Illegal immigration: More at stake than you think

  
  Irreverent View — Authority: 101
  By  Chris Ingram The Tampa Tribune Published January 22, 2012 Ask most Americans about “illegal immigration” and they are likely to conjure an image of someone of Hispanic origin swimming across the Rio Grande or evading border patrolmen in the desert. The reality is that just who is ...
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• Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announces specialty crop grant opportunity

  
  River Country Journal — Authority: 129
  LANSING, Mich . – Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Keith Creagh has announced new opportunities for Michigan businesses thanks to the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ag Marketing Services. The program is designed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Seeking Blueberry Council Nominations

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  Tyron Spearman has information for those in the blueberry industry about a nomination process that’s underway. Download Audio
  2 weeks ago

• GA & AL to Receive Additional Natural Disaster Assistance

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an important package of disaster assistance to help farmers, land owners, communities and others recover and rebuild after a year in which a wave of natural disasters swept across all regions of the United States. AL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio
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• Food Waste

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  The food that is wasted today could feed millions. Everett Griner tells us what could be done. Download Audio
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• 2012 Foodie Forecast

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  What will be the hottest food trends for 2012? Download Audio
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• FMC Bringing a Range of New Products to the Market for the Southern Grower

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  Growers looking for new modes of action for their field crops in 2012 have a couple of options as Gerald Simmons, southern regional manager for FMC Corporation, says they have an insecticide for cotton and a soon-to-be approved herbicide for corn and soybeans. Download Audio
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• FL Senate Makes Moves Regarding Redistricting and Budgets

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  So far the biggest move in Florida’s Legislative Session have come from the Senate side. Download Audio
  2 weeks ago

• California Citrus Growers Battling Yet Another Freeze

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  As Florida specialty crop growers continue to bask in mild temperatures, USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says our fellow growers on the west coast are not experiencing an easy winter so far. Download Audio
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• No Change to Peanut Prices & Creating Jobs for Rural America

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  There’s no change this week to peanut prices as Tyron Spearman updates those numbers along with providing information on how USDA is working to create more jobs for rural America. Price: Download Audio Jobs: Download Audio
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• New Produce Transportation Guide

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  The North American Produce Transportation Working Group has announced the availability of the new North American Produce Transportation Guidelines. Download Audio
  2 weeks ago

• Horticulture key to 7-8 percent farm growth: Official

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Faster growth of horticulture and animal husbandry is needed if India wants to achieve an agricultural growth rate in the range of seven to eight percent, an official said Wednesday.“I feel that if we want the agricultural growth rate in the country to be in the range of seven [...]
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• Waters Muddy Over Where They End, Land Begins

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 477
  By DAVID ROYSE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 18, 2012 ….It’s a murky line between really good fishing, and trespassing. A measure moving in the House seeks to clarify just where that line is – more specifically, where the state’s waterways end and where abutting private ...
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• Mild winter weather could push up fruit prices

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Mild winter weather could push up fruit prices This year’s mild winter could lead to smaller crops of fruits in the autumn, potentially pushing up prices, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) warned today. published date:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:52:00 GMT
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