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WIA TODAY
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Here are some recent stories in the news that caught our attention:
12-2-24 -- Where is farmland going?
12-2-24 -- USDA plans to spend nearly $27 million on agriculture tech grants
12-1-24 -- Tariffs have potential to hit ag especially hard
12-1-24 -- China to invest $1 billion in Kazakhstan's agriculture
11-27-24 -- Voracious U.S. demand means biggest food and ag trade deficit ever
11-27-24 -- Creating new opportunity for Canadian-grown and -processed soy
11-26-24 -- Trump taps Dr. Martin A. Makary for FDA
11-25-24 -- XPRIZE ‘Feed the next billion’ finalists learn there is no $10m grand prize: ‘It feels dishonest’
11-25-24 -- Sustainability and growth in the Canadian beef sector
11-25-24 -- Get to know Brooke Rollins, nominee for agriculture secretary
11-25-24- Meet the RanchHERs behind Arizona’s historic 7-Up Ranch
11-25-24 -- US groups react to Rollins nomination to ag secretary
11-22-24 -- 49 states are in drought conditions, threatening water resources and agriculture
11-22-24 -- FSIS makes leadership changes
11-21-24 -- Bunge reaches 100% monitoring of its indirect soy value chain in Brazil’s priority regions
11-21-24 --- Trump tariffs to slow US trade, says analyst
11-21-24 -- Farm women face old challenges
11-21-24 -- Senate releases long-awaited farm bill draft. Here’s what’s in it
11-20-24 -- A new dairy grazing alliance launches to help grow all parts of the sector
11-20-24 -- Corteva, BP pursuing SAF JV
11-20-24 -- Women-focused ag-media organization will launch soon
11-18-24 -- Study highlights unique challenges of farming while raising a family, managing household
11-17-24 --10 fun facts about turkeys
11-15-24 -- U.S. ag, food industry groups express concerns about Trump’s proposed mass deportation plans
11-15-24 -- Animal ag helping meet UN’s sustainable goals
11-15-24 -- U.S. consumers’ meat preferences are changing
11-15-24 -- New tech aims to transform nitrogen supply in agriculture
11-14-24 -- Do tariffs work? Ag economists weigh in
11-14-24 -- National Farmers Union outlines first-100-days priorities in letter to President-Elect Trump
11-13-24 -- As rural America turns gray, ‘older age’ counties triple
11-13-24 -- The USDA's Economic Research Service has released its annual "Rural America at a Glance" report for 2024
11-13-24 -- New research shows U.S. agriculture as potential to be greenhouse gas negative
11-12-24 -- Cargill publishes 2024 Impact Report
11-12-24 -- CoBank sees M&A deals picking up in food and beverage space
11-7-24 -- Who will be the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?
11-5-24 -- How to climate-proof crops: scientists say the secret’s in the dirt
11-6-24 -- What a second Trump administration means for food and farms
11-4-24 -- USDA invests $50M in organic research
11-1-24-- China pivot from US farm imports bolsters it against trade war risks
11-1-24 -- Climate change stops workers getting to the farm
11-1-24 -- Keeping the farm in the Farm Bill
10-30-24 -- Farmers are making less money this year as ag economy normalizes
10-30-24 -- Farm loans above $1M soar as ag economy deteriorates
10-30-24 -- Higher CPG costs weigh on consumers, manufacturers
10-30-24 -- USW promotes Lu to managing director, China
10-30-24 -- Research suggests women farmers may improve local economies
10-29-24 -- AI in agriculture: Will it close or widen the gender gap?
10-29-24 -- United Animal Health founder John B. Swisher dies at age 95
10-28-24 -- One in three tree species at risk of extinction: report
10-28-24-- Manufacturing needs more women
10-28-24 -- Canada on track to be world's third-largest wheat exporter in '24-25 crop year
10-28-24 -- Lloyd’s and MIGA partner to drive $1.2 billion climate-smart agriculture initiative
10-25-24 -- Women in Ag: Kathy Bell is essential in the success of Bell Livestock
10-25-24 -- New AI-based technologies offer weed control solutions
10-25-24 -- Syngenta Group is Science Magazine’s top ag employer
10-24-24 -- Rabobank has published its North American Agribusiness Report for October
10-23-24 -- World Bank set to double agriculture funding to $9 billion
10-22-24 -- Meat Institute president, CEO named Most Impactful Woman of 2024 by WMIN
10-22-24 -- The state of spend
10-22-24 -- Danish agtech FarmDroid secures €10.5 million for its autonomous, solar-powered agricultural robot
10-21-24 -- Global farmers eye agtech and sustainability
10-21-24 -- AgroSpheres and BASF announce major strategic partnership
10-21-24 -- Ranchbot appoints Greg Mellinger to advisory board
10-18-24 -- EPA approves alternative to widely used weedkiller
10-18-24 -- The regenerative ag revolution starts with women: Q&A with Stephanie Anderson
10-18-24 -- US grain exports in all forms increase 26%
10-17-24 -- US drought conditions intensify, impacting key agricultural regions
10-17-24 -- Meat Institute announces new officers, board members
10-16-24 -- American Farmland Trust is looking to empower women in ag to protect the land and embrace conservation
10-15-24 -- Ardent Mills finds five trends fuel purchasing decisions
10-14-24 -- Missouri net farm income takes another dip in 2024
10-14-24 -- Cal-Maine plans $40M investment to expand cage-free egg production
10-13-24 -- These countries have the world's most productive farms
10-10-24 -- USDA invests $46 million in veteran, underserved and beginning farmers
10-10-24 -- Pennsylvania invests over $6.7 million to ensure 28 farms in 16 counties stay farms forever
10-9-24 -- New report reveals ag isn’t on track to meet rising demand
10-8-24 -- CIBO Technologies partners with Scoular to enhance adoption of regenerative farming
10-8-24 -- Three corridor projects that will change the face of global maritime trade. [video]
10-8-24 -- Green glass ceiling: Women are being left out of jobs in sustainable sectors, shows IMF analysis
10-7-24 -- Ducks love to eat this climate-friendly food. Now you might, too.
10-7-24 -- USDA Awards $19.2M in Scholarships for Undergraduates at 1890 Land-grant Institutions
10-3-24-- The female vision: Women in feed
10-2-24 -- Hurricane Helene causes billions in ag damage
10-1-24 -- State of agricultural payments: New Bushel report shows payment trends in agriculture
10-1-24 --Sustainability a hot topic at WIA Summit
10-1-24 -- Producers share challenges, hope for women in ag
9-30-24 -- A port strike could cost the economy $5 billion per day, here's what it could mean for you
9-30-24 -- Syngenta Group adds cutting-edge GenAI to Cropwise
9-30-24 -- The climate fight that’s holding up the farm bill
9-27-24 -- Diverse entrepreneurs get $1.5M lift in agri-food
9-27-24 -- US ag facing trifecta of infrastructure disruptions
9-25-24 -- Port strike could sink access to foreign markets
9-24-24 -- America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s
9-25-24 -- Women in Agribusiness Summit 2024
9-25-24 -- Cargill to sell five Australian sites to Viterra
9-24-24 -- New Bayer seed tech: What it means for farmers
9-24-24 -- America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s
9-24-24 -- Corteva Agriscience’s program to drive 2 mn women to agri-value chain by 2030
9-23-24 -- Drought conditions worsen, impacting key agricultural areas
9-17-24 -- Third year of farm income decline is on the horizon
9-17-24 -- Can we eat our way out of the climate crisis?
9-17-24 -- Innovating the fields: Five tech innovations driving the future of agriculture
9-16-24 -- US soy is so cheap that even rival Argentina is buying it
9-16-24 -- Food is a huge source of methane emissions. Fixing that is no easy feat.
9-14-24 -- Weakening income weighs on farmer sentiment
9-13-24 -- Purdue researcher awarded $10M for extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety
9-12-24 -- Sharon Beals discusses her recent Women in Agribusiness Summit milestone
9-12-24 -- Scoular opens canola and soybean oilseed crush facility
9-12-24 -- The CDC declared this vegetable to be the healthiest — and it just may surprise you
9-12-24 -- $6.5m project hoping to improve on-farm forecasting using AI
9-12-24 -- Support for regenerative agriculture drops if food costs more
9-11-24 -- The gender wage gap just widened for the first time in 20 years
9-10-24 -- USDA invests nearly $121M in specialty crops research and organic agriculture production
9-10-24 -- Cargill expands US animal nutrition presence with two feed mill acquisitions
9-9-24 -- AI boosts indoor food production’s energy sustainability
9-9-24 -- 5 intriguing examples of diversity in agriculture
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