The critical need for increased funding for agricultural research because of the challenges associated with feeding the world’s rapidly expanding population and correctly identified food security as the main global challenge of the 21st century. As The challenge of feeding a population of >9 billion is daunting, and because arable land and clean water resources …
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Types of machinery to increase productivity in Modern Farming
The modern engineering work along with tractors and newly invented machinery has transformed the farming industry into one of efficient and mass production. No longer farming is a small scale production, but rather one that takes place with massive machines over thousands of hectares. This efficiency boost means that the world has access to any …
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Happiness in Growing Mushrooms
When Jerome Segura III leapt from the ivory tower of academia, he didn’t know what would be waiting for him when he hit the ground. The central Wisconsin resident quit his job as chief economist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2018 because he was unhappy at work. He figured he …
Farming Hemp begans by thousand farmers this year after 2018 Farm Bill
When the 2018 Farm Bill finally made growing industrial hemp legal, farmers saw an opportunity. Thousands of American farmers across the country began growing hemp cannabis with low or nonexistent levels of the psychoactive THC—seeing a potential windfall of profits. But reports from the first year indicate that hemp may not be the financial savior it …
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