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Southeast experts to be featured at ‘AI-driven Innovations in Agriculture’ event
The Auburn University College of Agriculture and its fellow land-grant universities throughout the Southeast are jointly hosting a conference next month to address the potential of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation in agriculture. T... more
New president named by Ontario Produce Marketing Association
The board of directors announced Stephen Reid’s appointment as president of The Ontario Produce Marketing Association (OPMA), effective Feb. 28. Reid joins the OPMA after a long career in progressively senior association executive roles as the d... more
Work to sustain groundwater pursued by California agencies
A new era of groundwater management in California continues to take shape as local agencies develop and implement plans that identify how they intend to achieve groundwater sustainability goals over the next 20 years. "The Sustainable Groundwater ... more
Slower than previous droughts, but subsidence still seen in California
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released new satellite-based data that show subsidence – or the sinking of the land surface due to excessive groundwater pumping – continues in the state. DWR has intensified statewide subsid... more
Despite markets, California cropping plans depend on water
With commodity prices higher across the board, markets are telling farmers to plant, plant, plant. But for California growers, who face another potential dry year, water remains a major driver of what crops will go in the ground and their quantity. ... more
Jessica Shade of the Organic Center takes position at USDA NIFA
After nine years of successfully leading The Organic Center (TOC) as director of science programs, Jessica Shade has accepted a position with the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) as national program leader. At NIFA, Shade's... more
New biostimulant operating unit created by Valent BioSciences
To further help support the goal of its parent company, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., to achieve carbon neutral status by 2050, Valent BioSciences LLC recently announced that it is establishing a new operating unit designed to expand its biostimulant... more
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