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2 months ago | agproud.com | Carrie Veselka |David Cooper |Abigail George |Tyrell Marchant

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Oct 18, 2024 | agproud.com | Jason Nickell |Melissa Jolly-Breithaupt |David Cooper |Emma Ohirko

Is new monitoring technology right for your operation? Precision livestock farming is the same premise as precision agriculture, with emphasis on using individual animal-level data to make better decisions. The goal is to allow producers to more efficiently and accurately assess animal care needs, resulting in better outcomes for their cattle and a positive impact to their bottom line.

Apr 15, 2024 | agproud.com | David Cooper

U.S. gas and diesel fuel prices stretched into a third consecutive month of spikes, as the weekly regular average price hit $3.591 per gallon on April 9, up more than 50 cents from the $2.944 conventional price on Jan. 15, 2024. Inflation index reports on April 10 showed the U.S. still facing a consumer price index (CPI) of 3.5%, and gasoline prices with housing costs are major factors.

Mar 5, 2024 | agproud.com | David Cooper

A disruption in distillery inventory in February was one source of gasoline prices spiking after several weeks of gradual decline at the pump. BP’s refinery in Whiting, Indiana, experienced an unplanned outage in early February and was expected to return to full production in March, according to reporting by Reuters. The plant produces 435,000 barrels per day in regular operations.

Nov 10, 2023 | alaskabeacon.com | Ronny Rotbarth |David Cooper |Logan T. Berner |Roman Dial

by Ronny Rotbarth, Alaska Beacon November 10, 2023 Earth’s boreal forests circle our planet’s far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic’s treeless tundra. If the planet wears an Arctic ice cap, then the boreal forests are a loose-knit headband wrapped around its ears, covering large portions of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Siberia. The boreal region’s soils have long buffered the planet against warming by storing huge quantities of carbon and keeping it out of the atmosphere.