East North Central U.S. Agriculture & Chemicals Newsletter
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Herbruck's Poultry Ranch culls 400 workers in mass layoff after farms hit with bird flu
17 May 2024 03:37 GMT
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… to pose a threat, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced … commercial flocks and 14 dairy farms across the state.
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Some states, environmental groups express concerns over farms' use of sewer sludge as fertilizer
16 May 2024 22:56 GMT
… sludge, known as biosolids, as fertilizer.
"We personally feel that … PFAS contamination at farms and states like Texas, Michigan, Maine, and … the state test for the chemicals before they can move forward … to find out if the chemicals are in existence and …
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Latest trends, future outlook for agriculture, barge industry highlighted during FreightWeek STL
16 May 2024 21:25 GMT
… and future outlooks for agriculture and the barge industry. … products, the region sees fertilizer traveling up the river … and material costs. With agricultural competition from South America, … eight counties in southwestern Illinois and eastern Missouri, which …
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Herbruck's Poultry Ranch culls 400 workers after farms hit with bird flu
16 May 2024 17:20 GMT
… flu hit the farms'; hen population, so workers at farms in Saranac and …
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Coordinator
Clerk
Freed Mill
Fertilizer
Human Resources
Maintenance I-IV
… to pose a threat, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced …
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Craft Brewers Support Clean Water Funding in Farm Bill
15 May 2024 18:16 GMT
… is agricultural nutrient pollution?
The fertilizers that many farmers apply … Ohio in 2014, when toxic algal blooms fueled by agricultural … farming techniques can reduce the use of fertilizers and other chemicals … that would exempt pesticides applied to …
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As EV popularity grows, Illinois corn farmers turn to aviation as a possible market for ethanol
15 May 2024 10:14 GMT
… a fourth generation farmer in central Illinois, checks equipment … to the University of Michigan’s aerospace engineering department … tillage and minimizing fertilizer application are also solutions … corn farmers. And, if it is, farmers are eager.
“Agriculture …
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Wisconsin Senate session on Evers vetoes turns into shouting match
14 May 2024 23:04 GMT
… crisis funds from helping Wisconsin communities,” Senate Majority Leader … the family of forever chemicals known as PFAS.
Evers … measure. Republicans said small farmers who discovered PFAS on … for emergency departments.
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin …
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MSU, state collaborate to help Michigan farmers adapt to climate change
14 May 2024 21:13 GMT
… of Michigan, and plant agriculture groups aims to help the state’s farmers … that can optimize irrigation and fertilizer management to make timely … disease management strategies, adaptive insect pest control measures, integrated bloom prediction models …
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Senate Farm Bill draft raises hopes for PFAS-impacted farmers
14 May 2024 21:42 GMT
… with dreaded “forever chemicals.”
A recent Farm Bill draft released … (PFAS) on agricultural land and in farm products. The funds … of US cropland are fertilized with sewage sludge, according … PFAS in milk from Michigan.
The US Environmental Protection …
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Why is agriculture declining in countries that need it most?
14 May 2024 20:25 GMT
… Hope Michelson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) shared research … increased adoption of fertilizers on both the … solutions.
Leah Bevis (Ohio State University) rounded off … in farming practices combined with the structure of local agricultural …