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Opinion: Farmers can’t pay for society’s ecological conscience

Farmers Weekly

Inevitably, there’s been reflexive irritation from some in the farming community at these findings […] The post Opinion: Farmers can’t pay for society’s ecological conscience appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Opinion: Nutrient U-turn shows flaw in ecological approach

Farmers Weekly

See also: Opinion – collaboration is key to raising productivity and innovation Handpicked by Natural England, these […] The post Opinion: Nutrient U-turn shows flaw in ecological approach appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Aggie Band Commander dedicated to ecology and conservation

AgriLife Today

Read More → The post Aggie Band Commander dedicated to ecology and conservation appeared first on AgriLife Today. And the Noblesville, Indiana, native certainly didn’t expect to discover some of his life’s greatest passions in Texas. But personal reflection, life experiences and changes in learning during COVID all shaped the college.

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Brainfood: Private finance, Public finance, Land sparing, Land sharing, Trade-offs, Ecological intensification, Metaverse, Crop failure

Agricultural Biodiversity

Ecological intensification of agriculture through biodiversity management: introduction. Land sharing isn’t all that bad actually. Biodiversity and pollination benefits trade off against profit in an intensive farming system. Land sharing needs financial incentives. Here we go again. Yeah but that’s only one example.

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Addressing Gulf Coast Ecological Concerns Through Best Management Practices and Conservation Practices

American Farmland

The post Addressing Gulf Coast Ecological Concerns Through Best Management Practices and Conservation Practices appeared first on American Farmland Trust.

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Brainfood: Yield gap, Domestication & breeding, TEK, Breeding gourds, Breeding pearl millet, Breeding peas, Banana seed systems, Breeding bees

Agricultural Biodiversity

Domestication and the evolution of crops: variable syndromes, complex genetic architectures, and ecological entanglements. If you want to turbo-charge breeding, you need to understand (among other things) the ecological context of domestication. Ok, but ecological knowledge would like a word.

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Doctoral candidate, mother and first-generation Aggie is passionate about ecology and the environment

AgriLife Today

Miriam Catalan ’24, ecology and conservation biology major, shares her story Miriam Catalan, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, says her experience as a graduate student has been nontraditional. From being president.

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