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Things have gone from  bad to worse  for the Colorado River, plagued by a  22-year  megadrought. It’s the driest period in more than...

Oh, Vive, eh?  They’re oot and aboot. Excuse our Canadian stereotyping. We’re just excited for  Vive Crop Protection , a Canadian...

Uncle Sam is forking over some cold hard cash to  pump up  biofuels. Again . Here’s what’s new:  On Tuesday, the USDA  announced  they...

Lack of ingredients has led to a  sna(ck)fu  for consumer packaged goods companies. Twinkies, Nutter Butters, and other tasty treats are...

Silvopasture has farmers and companies alike barking up the  right  tree. Silvopasture 101:  Being the integration of trees with...

Farmers of a feather  herd  together. And that’s just what happened when a motley crew of various organizations  gathered  together in...

We mentioned this topic briefly in last week’s Magnetic, but figured the conversation deserved more  credit . Carbon dating:  No, we’re...

In the west, "cloud seeding" is  helping make it rain  in the part of the country that needs it most. Not new, but being improved,...

University of Nebraska-Omaha professors are turning up the heat on the ag industry for turning a cold shoulder to cyber security. In a...

U.S. and Chinese relations are  tai -ed up in  tension  after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. But, China is still buying U.S....

A new startup funding round is maxing the vaxxing… Iowa-based startup  Genvax Technologies  just brought in $6.5M to continue advancing...

If there were a word for 2022, it would be "inflation."  Unfortunately . You can guess where this is going… Spend money to make money:...

ICYMI, the Fed raised interest rates at the end of July after a negative GDP in the second quarter (ouch). Queue Paul Revere on his horse...

AgTech startups just got a major boost. And the new platform is totally rad. The deets :  Radicle  Growth, a company that builds ag and...

Ag is long on work and short on labor, with over half of farmers saying they’ve faced labor shortages. Legislative needs and downstream...

Africa:  "We (want) the meats." Beef, specifically. And the U.S. could be poised to provide. There are several  factors  at play here....

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new crop to rotate. OK, Bublé. Gimme the news:  To enhance climate-smart agriculture, St. Louis...

Farmers in the Netherlands aren’t happy. But some believe that producer unrest could end up extending farther than the sling radius of a...

Bacon, pork chops, ham, oh my! These popular pork products are made possible through successful production (and reproduction) of pigs....

There’s an avocado  avo-lanche  in Australia—a surplus of the produce, measuring  22  avocados per citizen. How did they get so buried?...