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Here are some recent stories in the news that caught our attention:
11-17-23 -- Farm Bill extension passed, funding in place until September 2024
11-16-23 -- Thanksgiving meal costs down from 2022, but still 25% higher than pre-pandemic
11-16-23 -- Corteva Agriscience partners with Buddy4Study to empower women in agricultural sciences
11-15-23 -- Cargill advances sustainability agenda
11-13-23 -- The questions every CEO needs to ask about sustainability
11-8-23 -- Survey: How has farming changed for women in the past 10 years?
11-7-23 -- North American Grain Export Association appoints new president and CEO
11-6-23 -- Cibus Capital hires head of natural capital
11-5-23 -- More young women are choosing a career in agriculture
11-2-23 -- Scoular creates sustainable 'hub' at Missouri grain facility
10-31-23 -- Ag land trends: The U.S. is losing 2 million acres of farmland each year, according to new data
10-31-23 -- Why women will lead the AI revolution in agriculture
10-31-23 -- Syngenta Group listed as top agriculture employer in Science magazine survey
10-30-23 -- Lady Landowner of the Year uses cost share to amass farmland
10-27-23 -- At just 22 years old, she's a farmhand who's found social media success in a remarkable way
10-27-23 -- A new Farm Bill? Think 2025, according to economists
10-26-23 -- Top US agricultural grain cooperatives named
10-25-23 -- Wilbur-Ellis innovation award highlights next-gen agricultural breakthroughs
10-24-23 -- A funded opportunity for female founders to grow blue food businesses
10-19-23 -- Empowering women to close the gender pay gap
10-19-23 -- Trimble and Ohio State University open technology labs to foster agriculture
10-18-23 -- Scoular acquires Montana grain facility
10-17-23 -- Sharing ag stories: Tennessee farmers gather for Women’s Communications Boot Camp
10-17-23 -- AI chatbot helps farmers navigate a changing world
10-17-23 -- Water crisis endangers $58T in economic value and global food security
10-11-23 -- New report outlines the breadth and depth of the experience of farm women in Canada
10-9-23 -- Are women on track to become the majority in agriculture?
10-6-23 -- Food deserts in rural America highlight the need for innovative distribution strategies
10-6-23 -- Nuts.com names first woman, non-family member as new CEO
10-5-23 -- Voices of women in ag tech: ambassador profile on mineral’s Erica Bliss
10-4-23 -- Corteva lawsuit accuses gene-editing startup of stealing seeds
October -- Female founders in food tech -- a pitch event
10-2-23 -- Inflation aside, Americans spend more for food
9-29-23 -- Reimagining the US food system
9-29-23 -- Meet the 4th generation rancher driving a regenerative cattle collective forward
9-28-23 -- World’s leading companies commit to new global framework for regenerative agriculture practices
9-26-23 -- LandProz Real Estate recognizes a shift to women-owned farmland
9-25-23 -- To reverse a troubling trend, farmers are adding rocks to their fields
9-24-23 -- A woman who built an oasis in the New Mexico desert
9-20-23 -- Daughters for Earth announces $1M to support 43 women-powered climate solutions
9-14-23 -- California passes first US bill to ban “harmful” additives after regulators feel heat over inaction
9-13-23 -- Feeding America: How the next generation of potato farmers are leaving their mark
9-5-23 -- Why attend the WIA Summit women in protein dinner? These repeat attendees explain.
9-5-23 -- Farm income booms for third year in a row
9-4-23 -- Could the ocean be the next frontier for plant agriculture
9-4-23 -- Meet 4 women in agriculture who are crushing stereotypes
8-31-23 -- Cargill honored for leadership in sustainability
8-29-23 -- Ancient grains grow beyond niche market
8-29-23 -- Former Cargill executive joins cultivated meat company Meati
8-24-23 -- Brazil clears bottlenecks to oust U.S. as top corn exporter
8-23-23 -- USDA: GM crops on over half of US cropland
8-22-23 -- America’s farmers are bogged down by data
8-21-23 -- Hawaii Farm Bureau establishes Maui Wildfire Relief Fund for agriculture
8-15-23 -- New team to help Scoular customers to achieve sustainability goals
8-15-23 -- House chairman says 2023 farm bill will be later than expected
8-14-23 -- Q&A with Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Navigator CO2 Executive
8-11-23 -- Microbes key to sequestering carbon in soil
8-9-23 -- This farm bill could reshape the food system. Here are 10 proposals at the center of the fight.
8-7-23 -- Automation eases labor shortages' impact on agribusinesses
8-7-23 -- Cropland values soar 33% in three years
8-3-23 -- Cargill has reported record revenue this year, up 7 percent from last year.
8-2-23 -- Bunge profits triple despite falling sales
8-1-23 -- Leveraging the cooperative model in agriculture
7-28-23 -- Annie's Project marks two decades of empowering women in agriculture
7-25-23 -- Innovations changing the future of agriculture & food
7-20-23 -- Bayer sees €100 billion ppportunity in cleaner-farming shift
7-19-23 -- Cargill unveils methane emission reduction method using feed supplements
7-14-23 -- Syngenta brings together biologicals businesses under Syngenta Biologicals
7-13-23 -- Cargill named to Best Workplaces for Innovators list
7-12-23 -- Torres Small confirmed as USDA deputy secretary
7-12-23 -- Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator selects seven sustainable agriculture startups for its 12th cohort
7-11-23 -- Ester Banque appointed as Zoetis’ executive VP and president of U.S. operations
7-9-23 -- Coveted Young Farmer of the Year title won by a woman for first time in 55 years
7-8 -23 -- Opinion: Looking for the next California tech boom. You’ll find it in farmlands
7-7-23 -- Texas A&M agrilife to lead USDA-backed organic agriculture program in Texas
7-7-23 -- Wealthy nations are losing their taste for meat, says report
7-4-23 -- Turning empty offices into vertical farms
7-1-23 -- Empowering agriculture entrepreneurs: LadyAgri and the future of women-focused investments
6-29-23 -- Argus acquires sustainable ag pricing provider Mercaris
6-28-23 -- Terryn Lawrence named chief sustainability officer, Rabobank North America
6-27-23 --- Ford introduces program to attract women to trucking, calls current representation ‘not good enough’
6-27-23 -- American Agri-Women are voicing their priorities for the next Farm Bill
6-27-23 -- Argus acquires US sustainable agriculture pricing provider, Mercaris
6-27-23 -- Syngenta opens new seed R&D facility in Illinois
6-26-23 -- US regulator allows first sales of lab-grown meat
6-25-23 --- Breaking barriers: Women-led organizations empower Iowa's female farmland owners
6-21-23 -- TIME names Land O’Lakes among TIME100 companies
6-19-23 -- 5 ways cattle & dairy cows can help the environment
6-16-23 -- From father to daughter: at just 26 years old, Zoe Kent took the reins of her family's farm
6-13-23 -- ADM promotes Miquel to chief science officer
6-8-23 -- From the editor: Women making inroads in milling
6-7-23 -- Unconventional Ag conference to focus on sustainability
6-7-23 -- US ag producer sentiment falls sharply in May
6-6-23 -- Sentient Ventures invests £2M in female-founded companies disrupting the food system
6-5-23 -- 3 trends will drive agriculture in next 5 years
June 2023 -- The women of poultry: Foghorn who? Females more prominent than ever in industry
6-5-23 -- 12 women announced to help close agriculture’s gender gap
5-30-23 -- Top 5 biggest agriculture companies in the world 2023!
5-30-23 -- Corteva's carbon initiative
5-23-23 -- Regenerative ag efforts need CPG assistance
5-19-23 -- How to count women’s unpaid housework
5-18-23 -- How female founder Danielle Morton raised $1.1 million for her agtech startup, Zondii
5-17-23 -- How to grow rice on Mars
5-17-23 -- PGIM Real Estate picks next head of agriculture
5-15-23 -- The number of the world's farms to halve by 2100, study shows
5-14-23 -- New study suggests that lab-grown meat produces up to 25 times more CO2
5-12-23 -- At 16 years old, 7th-gen Iowa farmer smashes the mold as family's first female farmer
5-10-23 -- UK joins global fertilizer challenge with $3.8 million investment
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