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Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are starting to shape the 2018 farm bill — a comprehensive food and agriculture bill passed about every five years. Most observers associate the farm bill with food policy, but its conservation section is the single largest source of funding for soil, water and wildlife conservation on private land in the United States. President Donald Trump's 2019 budget request would slash funding for farm bill conservation programs by about $13 billion over 10 years, on top of cuts already sustained in the 2014 farm bill.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2030&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a84b10e5bbb8" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" id="m_-1781431718704174588yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518716334418_7812" target="_blank">READ MORE

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As California suffers through another dry winter, increasing fears that drought conditions may be returning, the state's residents are dropping conservation habits that were developed during the last drought and steadily increasing their water use with each passing month.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2036&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a84b1277ecf4" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE
 
 
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Farmers need more research showing cover crops increase yields, reduce erosion and add nutrients back to the soil in corn-soybean rotation before they adopt the practice, says University of Missouri researcher Ranjith Udawatta. Few farmers in the Corn Belt, especially Missouri, have adopted the practice, says Udawatta, a research professor in soil, environmental and atmospheric sciences. He hopes his research and that of others encourages policymakers to consider cost-share programs with incentives to adopt the use of cover crops.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2044&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a848bcfc4016" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" id="m_-1781431718704174588yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1518716334418_6013" target="_blank">READ MORE

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The modern medical era began when an absent-minded British scientist named Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to find that one of the petri dishes he forgot to put away was covered in a bacteria-killing mold. He had discovered penicillin, the world's first antibiotic. Ninety years later, the world faces an antibiotic crisis. Microbiologist Sean Brady thinks it's time to shift tactics. Instead of growing antibiotics in a petri dish, he hopes to find them in the ground.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2057&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a84b205c7a9d" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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The Weather Channel
Alexandra Brand, the chief sustainability officer for the agribusiness Syngenta, is looking to better integrate those farmers into initiatives to build sustainable food systems and address climate change. She believes smallholder farmers should be rewarded for helping curb greenhouse gas emissions with benefits that could help them access new technology to improve their production.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2063&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a848a0b963c2" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE


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The Dispatch-Argus
U.S. House Agriculture Committee members Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois 17th District) and Mike Bost (R-Illinois 12th District) have introduced Farm Bureau-initiated legislation creating a new conservation assistance loan (CAL) program for corn, soybean and wheat producers that will provide additional assistance for farmers who plant cover crops.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2070&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a848c2298976" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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Soil and water conservation leaders in Allamakee County in far northeast Iowa are working with local livestock producers to find the best methods for growing cover crops and using manure fertilizer on crop fields, while minimally disturbing the soil with no-till.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2076&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a848a281f3d4" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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The complex Serengeti ecosystem, which spans 12,000 square miles extending from northern Tanzania into southwestern Kenya, is home to millions of animals, including 70 species of large mammals. It is a hotspot for mammal diversity. A new study published in the Journal of Ecology by a team of Northern Arizona University researchers shows the food web supporting this remarkable variety of wildlife would appear very different without the nutrients supplied by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.  [log in to unmask]&userid=12499182&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2082&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=5a84b24daa11d" class="m_-1781431718704174588yiv8482908410ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE


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