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Chickpea genetics reduce need for chemicals

March 3, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Chemicals, chickpeas, crop breeding, Disease, Farming, Food Production, Fungicide, Genetics, Legumes, Plant Breeding, Resistance, Specialty Crop, Sustainability, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Researchers uncover natural disease resistance in chickpeas as a harmful pathogen develops resistance to fungicide.

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USDA grant seeks to enhance milk production and cow health

February 25, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Cattle, Dairy, dairy cows, Farming, Insulin, milk production

An animal scientist studying relationships between insulin and milk production in dairy cows has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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The 20 best places to tackle U.S. farm nitrogen pollution

February 17, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Environment, Farming, Nitrogen, Policy, Pollution

A pioneering study of U.S nitrogen use in agriculture has identified 20 places across the country where farmers, government, and citizens should target nitrogen reduction efforts.

The 20 nitrogen “hotspots of opportunity”–which appear on a striking map–represent a whopping 63% of the total surplus nitrogen balance in U.S. croplands, but only 24% of U.S. cropland area.

Nitrogen inputs are so high in these areas that farmers can most likely reduce nitrogen use without hurting crop yields.

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Cataloguing genetic information about yams

February 10, 2021 sarah Jonas Africa, Agriculture, Breeding, Crop Science, Farming, Food, Food Security, Genetics, Plant Science, smallholder farms, Sustainability

New collection of resources will help yam breeders and farmers

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Gift supports Cornell’s Tanzanian cassava efforts

February 4, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Cassava, Farming, Tanzania

A $2.65 million gift to support Cornell University and partner research in Tanzania will improve distribution of new and more resistant varieties of cassava while empowering women and marginalized groups in the East African nation.

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Scarce labor, higher wages in store for NYS farms in 2021

February 1, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, covid, Farming, Immigration, Labor, New York, Wages

Richard Stup, agricultural workforce specialist, analyzes key issues facing New York state farmers this year.

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Nuclear War Could Trigger Big El Niño and Decrease Seafood

January 25, 2021 sarah Jonas Algae, Black Carbon, Climate, Climate Change, earth system model, El Nino, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ENSO, Environment, Farming, Fires, fish, Fisheries, Food, India, Indian Ocean, La Nina, Marine, marine food web, New Jersey, NJ, Nuclear, nuclear war, Nutrients, Nutrition, Ocean, Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Photosynthesis, Phytoplankton, Protein, Research, RU, Russia, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Seafood, soot, sunlight, United States, upper atmosphere, Upwelling, War, Warming, Weather

A nuclear war could trigger an unprecedented El Niño-like warming episode in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, slashing algal populations by 40 percent and likely lowering the fish catch, according to a Rutgers-led study. The research, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, shows that turning to the oceans for food if land-based farming fails after a nuclear war is unlikely to be a successful strategy – at least in the equatorial Pacific.

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Stealing the spotlight in the field and kitchen

January 20, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Crop Science, Disease Resistance, Farming, Food, Food Science, Plant Breeding, Plant Science, Sustainability, Yield

New dry beans from UC Davis combine desirable qualities for both farmers and consumers

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Framework sheds light on nitrogen loss of producing common food items

January 13, 2021 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Agronomy, Climate Change, Crop Science, Energy, Environment, Farming, Food Production, Livestock, Nitrogen, Pollution, Soil Science, Sustainability

Differences in nitrogen loss intensity between livestock and crops confirm the need for change.

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New cassava varieties endorsed for release in Nigeria

December 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Cassava, Farming, Nigeria, Nutrition

Five new cassava varieties developed with support from NextGen Cassava, an international partnership led by Cornell University, have been approved for release in Nigeria.