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Nebraska Farmers Union Creates Program to Help Divert Waste from Lincoln Landfill
2016-02-22 23:29:00| Waste Age
1011Now.com In the next 16 years, the Lincoln Landfill off Bluff Road is expected to be full, which is part of the reason the Nebraska Farmers Union decided to create a pilot program to divert food waste. read more
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How farmers are trying a new kind of flooding to save Calif agriculture
2016-02-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: El Nios winter rains couldnt have come soon enough for George Goshgarian and his familys orchards. It's not that his crops are failing. Far from it. Instead, he's looking to the future. The storms are providing an opportunity for Mr. Goshgarian and a handful of other growers in California's San Joaquin Valley to test a new approach to stanching the loss of their most precious resource: groundwater. Groundwater is the reservoir of last resort in a drought, after rivers and surface reservoirs...
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Drought Will Have Disastrous Consequences for Pig Farmers
2016-02-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH AFRICA - The devastating drought gripping South Africa is having a disastrous impact on pork producers and will lead to inevitable increases in the price of pork products. The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) says even if good rains fall now, it will be too late for many farmers to recover from the knock they are taking.
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For Russian Farmers, Climate Change Is Nyet So Great
2016-02-21 18:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last month was the warmest January on record. That sets off alarm bells for climate scientists, but for the average person living in a northern climate, it might not sound so bad. That's what many people are saying these days in Russia, where the expected icy winter has failed to materialize this year to widespread joy. Of course, any climate scientist will tell you that an unusually warm month or even a whole warm winter doesn't mean...
Zimbabwe: Preserve Inputs, Farmers Urged
2016-02-19 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AllAfrica: Government has urged farmers to stop wasting their inputs by replanting whenever their areas receive rains, as most crops continue to wilt due to moisture stress. This comes as Government distributed free farming inputs to cotton and maize farmers across the country this season, with the goal to revive the agriculture industry. In an interview on Wednesday, Deputy Minister for Agriculture responsible for crops Cde Davis Marapira said some farmers were still planting hoping that they might record...
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