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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Integrated Pest Management
2017-07-31 20:53:04| National Farmers Union
By Adam Pauley, NFU Intern Here on the Climate Column, we’ve been talking about how milder winters due to climate change are contributing to greater pest pressures. Farmers are turning new agricultural methods to mitigate pests without exacerbating other environmental concerns. We’ve discussed a few methods already, including intercropping and crop rotation. Another option is integrated […]
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Minnesota, Wisconsin Farmers Helping Recycle Plastic Waste into Trash Bags
2017-07-31 19:13:21| Waste Age
Revolution Plastics, an Arkansas-based company, has been in the plastics recycling business in Southern states since 1996.
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Farmer or Farmers wife? Tackling gender stereotypes in agriculture
2017-07-31 10:37:00| Food Processing Technology
31% of farmers in the US are female, and women own or co-own half of all farmland in the country, yet times are still tough for women in agriculture. Elliot Gardner speaks to Bridget Holcomb of the Women Food & Agriculture Network (WFAN) to learn mor
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NPPC Backs EPA Request to Delay Emissions Reporting Requirements for Farmers
2017-07-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - On a day when the process for withdrawing the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule formally was initiated, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) filed a brief in support of EPA’s recent motion to delay a federal court order requiring farms to begin onerous and unnecessary air emissions reporting.
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Government adviser urges review of farmers' tax-breaks
2017-07-29 07:00:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An economist says the current system is extremely wasteful and there is a "subsidy addiction".
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