The POWER Interview: Harnessing the Energy Potential of American Agriculture

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:35:19 +0000

Much of the innovation in the power generation and energy sectors revolves around efficiency, with companies working to ensure a reliable and resilient supply of electricity while also reducing emissions. […]

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USA Needs To Protect Its Farmworkers From “Danger Season”

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:01:53 +0000

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 million dollars per year in farmworker health research projects between […]

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Regenerative Agriculture Finds Its Mojo, With Or Without Agrivoltaics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:15:31 +0000

regenerative agriculture agrivoltaics usda solar energyPrivate investors, public funding, and agrivoltaics are all converging on regenerative agriculture like a thousand points of light.

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Did You Know That Soil Health Affects Human Health?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:10:05 +0000

As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Package passed in 2022, Congress directed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to investigate the links between human health and soil health, looking into how soil management practices that support healthy soils influence the nutritional content of foods and affect overall human health. In response, […]

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Deep Red North Dakota Catches Green Hydrogen Bug

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:00:19 +0000

green hydrogen deloitte north dakota ammonia fertilizerThe US state of North Dakota is among those not waiting around for the green hydrogen grass to grow under their feet.

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Methanol & Ammonia Tell A Good Shipping Fuel Story, But Stop Before The Tragic Finale

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:35:52 +0000

DALL·E generated image of A bottle of alcohol and a bag of fertilizer telling each other stories, digital artIn sales pitches for methanol and ammonia for maritime fuels, the numbers don’t add up, and the omissions are glaring.

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New York Protects “the Birds & the Bees” with Nation-Leading Legislation

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2023 02:46:42 +0000

Albany, NY — The New York State Legislature has passed the Birds and Bees Protection Act (A.7640/S.1856A), a first-in-the-nation bill that would rein in the use of neurotoxic neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”), which now heads to Governor Hochul’s desk for her signature. The Birds and Bees Protection Act bans the neonic uses that in-depth Cornell University […]

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Express Entry category-based draws: Which categories have the most job vacancies?

Credit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:00:41 +0000

On May 31, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced which categories will be targeted in the category-based Express Entry draws that are expected to begin this summer. Find out if you are eligible for category-based draws The category-based draws will happen along with the general draws and the program-specific draws. In general draws, Immigration, Refugees and […]

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Hoosiers To Lead Rural Solar Power Revolution

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:37:37 +0000

rural solar power agrivoltaics indianaIndiana has been drifting around in the solar power doldrums, but it is poised to lead the transtition to agrivoltaics throughout the US agricultural industry.

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