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The 9 Best Flowers and Vegetables to Winter Sow 0
- Global Agribusiness
- January 24, 2026
For farms in colder areas, starting seeds in time for the spring market requires a significant amount of time and indoor space. Winter sowing is a method that can be done outdoors and gives seedlings a stronger constitution as they mature. Here, we share plants that thrive when winter sown.
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Forest Farming: Why it Might Make Sense for Your Land 0
- Global Agribusiness
- January 24, 2026
Also called agroforestry, forest farming is a great way to work within your environmental parameters and utilize the tree canopy to produce more for your farm. Especially for those who live in forested areas, this practice enhances farm output without compromising the ecosystem.
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SNAP Provisions Left Out of Government Funding Bills 0
- Global Agribusiness
- January 24, 2026
It takes a year for a county case manager to become efficient in processing SNAP cases, Joy Bivens, deputy county administrator of Health and Human Services for Franklin County, Ohio, told House Agriculture Democrats during a Wednesday roundtable, and the SNAP application process is complicated and lengthy. “With all these nuances, it is impossible to
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Trump Administration Coordinated Secret ‘Working Group’ to Support EPA Climate Rollbacks 0
- Global Agribusiness
- January 23, 2026
In a summary posted to their website, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said the documents show the DOE emphasized the process should be secret, despite the law requiring federal advisory committee meetings to be public. They also said the records show that group members “recognized their objective was to ‘call into question’ the basis for
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A Florida Oyster Fishery and Its Community Fight for Their Future 0
- Global Agribusiness
- January 23, 2026
A father shows his son how to shuck oysters in 1972 on Apalachicola Bay. (Photo credit: Holland, Karl E., State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory) With the oysters went the work, including much of the supplementary shrimping, crabbing, and fishing. Oyster houses closed or pivoted to become restaurants. Boats were left to rot and tongs
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Legal Immunity for Pesticide Companies Removed From EPA Funding Bill 0
- Global Agribusiness
- January 23, 2026
The provision, referred to as Section 435, would have made it harder for individuals to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged health harms. Bayer, which for years has been battling lawsuits alleging its herbicide Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has lobbied for the provision, among other political and legal efforts to protect the corporation’s interests. When the
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