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    Agtech Seedlings: Indigo Ag splits carbon credit, crop protection businesses in restructuring

    Also in this week’s farm technology news: Software investor Arcadea Group wants to create "field to wholesale" traceability with its recent acquisition, and PowerPollen generates investor buzz.

    By • May 3, 2024
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    Q&A

    ‘We’re basically flying blind’: An epidemiologist’s take on the US response to bird flu

    Katelyn Jetelina, a public health expert and CDC advisor, explains why an outbreak in dairy cows is likely bigger than previously thought and what farm workers should be doing to protect themselves.

    By • May 2, 2024
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Agriculture Dive

    As the sector anxiously awaits a farm bill, producers are expected to take advantage of new opportunities in renewable energy and regenerative agriculture.

    By Agriculture Dive staff
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    ADM profits tumble 24% as global grain supplies balloon

    The agriculture giant is focusing on key priorities to weather a down cycle as the Justice Department looks into its accounting practices.

    By • May 2, 2024
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    Syngenta sales fall 20% in Q1 as farmers delay pesticide purchases

    The seed and agrochemical maker recently scrapped plans to go public in China due to adverse market conditions.

    By • May 1, 2024
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    CNH gets in on farm space race with Intelsat collaboration

    The partnership, which aims to provide satellite internet connectivity in remote areas, comes after Deere announced a similar deal with SpaceX's Starlink network.

    By • April 30, 2024
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    Monogram Foods taps Kellogg veteran as supply chain head

    Larry Elliott will oversee company operations at the snack food company months after it was fined for illegally employing children at a meatpacking plant. 

    By Alejandra Salgado • April 30, 2024
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    Billionaire Batista brothers reinstated to JBS board

    The shareholder vote affirms the controversial siblings' return to power at the world's largest meat producer. 

    By • April 29, 2024
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    Temporary farmworker protections strengthened in final Labor Department rule

    Farm groups say the new regulations, which aim to safeguard organizing activity, add more compliance costs to the H-2A visa program.

    By • April 29, 2024
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    Vanguard, TotalEnergies announce joint venture for at least 10 dairy digesters

    The facilities will produce renewable natural gas using waste from the food and beverage industries, supplemented with manure from farms.

    By Jacob Wallace • April 26, 2024
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    Column

    Agtech Seedlings: Bayer aims to launch first bioinsecticide for arable crops | Corteva sells fungicide assets

    Also in this week’s farm technology news: China's DJI unveils new agriculture drones, and a new crop yield outlook tool could help farmers anticipate extreme weather events.

    By Agriculture Dive staff • April 26, 2024
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    Bunge, Viterra merger raises competition concerns in Canada

    Regulators say the deal could harm grain purchases and canola oil sales in certain markets.

    By • April 26, 2024
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    CNH’s CEO unexpectedly announces departure

    Scott Wine is stepping down from the tractor manufacturer to pursue other interests, just as his plan for a turnaround was "starting to bear fruit," according to a Bank of America analyst.

    By • April 25, 2024
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    Cotton used by H&M and Zara linked to illegal deforestation: report

    A year-long investigation by nonprofit Earthsight found that fiber certified by ethical supply chain organization Better Cotton was grown on "stolen" and "deforested" land in Brazil.

    By Lauren Schenkman • April 24, 2024
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    ADM’s suspended CFO to resign amid accounting scandal

    Vikram Luthar — who was placed on a forced leave in January — will assist the company and be paid his base salary until his resignation is effective on Sept. 30.

    By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 23, 2024
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    CHS buys 8 grain facilities from Cargill

    The agricultural cooperative said the deal will help its farmers better compete in the global marketplace.

    By • April 23, 2024
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    Defend the flock: Bird flu outbreak prompts calls for biosecurity assessments on chicken farms

    As avian influenza spreads to an increasing number of species, experts worry it could create even more transmission pathways for the virus to infiltrate commercial poultry operations.

    By • April 22, 2024
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    Cattle rancher sues utilities firms for alleged role in devastating Texas wildfires

    A class action suit seeks to "recover the billions of dollars in losses" for farmers impacted by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest in state history.

    By • April 22, 2024
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    Opinion

    A secret about eggs

    The industry kills millions of male chicks each year because they don’t lay eggs. Here’s why and how we should end this grisly practice as some European countries already have, writes Alex Crisp.

    By Alex Crisp • Updated April 22, 2024
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    Del Monte Foods reports emissions reduction, sets net-zero goal for 2050

    The food producer and distributor has expanded regenerative agriculture practices and lowered its fertilizer use through advancements in seed breeding.

    By Zoya Mirza • April 19, 2024
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    Food companies aren’t ready to comply with traceability rule, says former FDA official

    Frank Yiannas, who helped the agency craft its new food safety tracking policy, said the system is not even a third of the way to meeting the 2026 deadline.

    By Chris Casey • April 17, 2024
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    Grocery co-op pushes for industrywide regenerative agriculture standards

    Seattle-based PCC Community Markets brought together industry stakeholders to discuss strategies for consistently defining the food production technique.

    By Peyton Bigora • April 16, 2024
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    Suspended ADM CFO’s pay ticked up in 2023 to $4.5M

    The majority of Vikram Luthar’s pay package for last year came from $3.4 million in stock awards, according to Archer Daniels Midland’s proxy filing.

    By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 15, 2024
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    Bird flu found in South Dakota dairy herd

    The detection adds to the growing number of states reporting positive cases in cattle.

    By • April 12, 2024
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    Congress needs to up funding for food safety oversight, FDA official says

    More money is key to supporting new initiatives such as food safety, supply chain resiliency and infrastructure modernization, Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones said.

    By Elizabeth Flood • April 12, 2024
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    States enact dairy cattle travel restrictions over bird flu concerns

    Key trading partners are monitoring the situation closely, with Mexico taking steps to reinforce surveillance and inspection of livestock from the U.S.

    By • April 12, 2024