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Noble Research Institute partnering on new financial management courses

Noble Research Institute, the nation’s largest nonprofit agricultural research organization, and Ranch Management Consultants (RMC) have announced a collaboration with an exclusive licensing agreement granting Noble use of RMC’s Ranching for Profit program content.  Noble will design and develop a suite of educational, skill-building products incorporating both Noble-developed and Ranching for Profit content. The first […]

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Peanuts and sesame under the microscope as high value crop options | North Queensland Register

The annual field day, which focuses on new crop options to maximise returns in broadacre rotations, is hosted by the Northern Australia Crop Research Centre of Excellence, a partnership that brings together researchers from CQUniversity with farm machinery leaders RDO Equipment Australia, farmers from the Central Highlands Cotton Growers & Irrigators Association, Grain Producers Australia […]

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BLM urged to incorporate latest science in new sage grouse plans

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) responded to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) release of the updated greater sage ground management plans. These plans will shape public land use across 10 different states and tens of millions of Western acres. After completing revisions to the plans in 2015 and […]

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Dr. Doug Parrett Memorial Arena dedicated at University of Illinois

Over 300 people recently gathered to dedicate the “Dr. Doug Parrett Memorial Arena” in the historic Stock Pavilion, part of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The celebration honored the 49-year career of beef production professor and livestock judging icon Doug Parrett.  “Doug Parrett’s legacy will live on in this […]

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The Legacy: Miriam Rothschild – Country Life

The celebrated entomologist and Bletchley Park codebreaker was also way ahead of the times when it came to gardening. Miriam Rothschild’s gardening style was the very antithesis of manicured. Writing in Country Life, Mark Griffiths describes her as a ‘pioneer’ of organic and wildflower gardening who ‘dared to entertain the idea (heresy in the 1970s) […]

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Anheuser-Busch launches ‘Choose Beer Grown Here’ campaign

The nation’s leading brewer known to sell beer cans with tractors and corn cobs has announced another step to support U.S. farmers during National Agriculture Week. American Farmland Trust launched a new U.S. Farmed certification and packaging seal for products that derive at least 95% of their agricultural ingredients from farms in the U.S. Anheuser-Busch […]

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