Tag: agriculture
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Constructing Another Building on Your Farm
You should give yourself the best chance of having a farm building constructed which enhances your farm’s productivity and, consequently, your income as a result.
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Appeals Court Backs Broad Institute in Crispr Case
A U.S. appeals court supported the Broad Institute’s claims it invented a separate Crispr technology from University of California, affirming a previous U.S. patent office ruling.
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Genetic Engineering with Algae Boosts Crop Photosynthesis
Researchers developed a genetic engineering technique adding algae genes to some staple crops for capturing more carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and improving their yields.
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Bread Wheat Genome Sequenced
An international collaboration published a complete, annotated genomic sequencing of wheat used in making bread, a widely grown staple crop and major source of nutrition worldwide.
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Cancer Drug Delivery Through Milk Particles Under Study
A new research project is investigating components in raw cow’s milk that could make it possible to give chemotherapy for cancer as oral drugs rather than infusions.
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Organic Farming Is Probably the Way Forward For the Future
We have come to realize that organic farming is going to soon take over, simply because there is so much demand for this high quality produce.
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Challenges Seek Solutions for Chronic Diseases, Oral Drugs in Animals
Two new crowdsourcing competitions announced this week are seeking ideas on broadening the scope of drugs being developed for companion animals, and making drugs easier to give to pets and farm animals.
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Crispr Deployed to Boost Plant Disease Resistance
A plant science lab in Dallas is designing a new use of the emerging genome editing technique known as Crispr to add more resistance to plant diseases in two staple food crops.
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Agriculture Group Adapts Satellite Imaging, A.I., Big Data
An international agricultural network is partnering with a private company to boost the group’s capabilities in satellite imaging, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence.
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Trial Testing Gene-Edited, Modified Oilseed Plants
An agricultural science lab in the U.K. is beginning research on sustainable methods for growing genome-edited camelina plants, along with modifying the plant’s genetics by adding genes from other plant species.