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Aug 10, 2023 | 
agfax.com | Jenna Hoffman |Additional Pieces |USA Rice
We like to think of rural areas and farm country as safe places to live. That may be the case, but rural America is still a location where crime can take place, with the types of crime more unique to the area, according to Austin Kings, rural crimes investigator for Missouri Highway Patrol. Kings takes a look at how a criminal might view your farm and home—what criminals see that producers don’t, and how producers can prevent becoming a target for farm crime. 1.
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Aug 10, 2023 | 
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MORRISVILLE, N.C. – Today, the Soil Health Institute and National Association of Conservation Districts announced the results of a nationwide study that demonstrates how improving soil health can help farmers build resilience and improve profitability across a diversity of soil types, geographies, and cropping systems.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
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President Joe Biden traveled to Red Butte near the Grand Canyon on Tuesday to designate nearly one million acres as a new national monument. The designation, the fifth of his presidency using his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906, will conserve and protect ancestral places significant to Indigenous people of the region, the White House said in a fact sheet supplied to reporters.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
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USDA Genetically modified (GM) varieties of corn, soybeans, and cotton were introduced in the United States in 1996, and they became the dominant seed choice among farmers within a few years. Later, GM varieties were widely adopted for canola and sugar beets. By 2020 (the most recent year for which data are available), about 55 percent of the total harvested cropland in the United States was grown with varieties having at least one GM trait.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
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WASHINGTON, -Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts (Escoffier) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) announce a new national collaboration designed to support the vital connection between farmers, ranchers and the culinary industry with education-focused programs, interactive events and training sessions.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
agfax.com | Desmond Nugent |Additional Pieces |USA Rice
Arkansas rice farmers are closely watching what’s happening in India, which is the world’s #1 exporter of rice, but last month the country cut three-quarters of its overseas shipments to calm rising domestic prices. The natural state is the country’s top rice producer. Kevin McGilton of Riceland Mills said that anytime rice is impacted on a global scale, it’s bound to affect Arkansas farmers.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
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The NBFA will be providing information and updates on the $2.2 Billion Discrimination Fund. Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides financial assistance for farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination by USDA in USDA’s farm lending prior to 2021. Assistance to apply is free, beware of scams. The deadline to file an application is October 31, 2023.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than previously suspected. “My lab has had a long interest in studying the extent to which we can modify plants, specifically the lignin biosynthetic pathway,” said Clint Chapple, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Purdue University.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
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The following prices are effective from Wednesday 08/09/2023 at 12:01 am Eastern Time until midnight Tuesday 08/15/2023. The next announcement is scheduled for Tuesday 08/15/2023 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time. $425.29 per ton for Runner peanuts$413.12 per ton for Spanish peanuts$431.71 per ton for Valencia peanuts$431.71 per ton for Virginia peanutsThese NPP are based on the loan rates for 2023-crop peanuts announced on June 1, 2023.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
agfax.com | Keith Good |Additional Pieces |USA Rice
In its annual Agricultural Land Values report on Friday, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) indicated that, “The United States farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $4,080 per acre for 2023, up $280 per acre (7.4 percent) from 2022.” The NASS update added that, “The United States cropland value averaged $5,460 per acre, an increase of $410 per acre (8.1 percent) from the previous year.” And Friday’s update also...
