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Ag Robot Revenue to Reach Multi-Billions by 2024
IOT Evolution | Posted onDecember 28, 2016 in Agriculture NewsThe market for agricultural robots is developing at a rapid pace, with a large number of established and startup agricultural technology companies developing, piloting, and launching an innovative range of robotic systems to tackle a wide variety of tasks, according to a new report from Tractica. Key application areas for agricultural robots include driverless tractors, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), material management, field crops and forest management, soil management, dairy management, and animal management, with a diverse set of subcategories emerging within each of those areas.
Ag advisers push for female Trump supporter
Ag Week | Posted onDecember 28, 2016 in SARL Members and Alumni Newsome members of a Donald Trump Agricultural Advisory Committee are pushing for a former Iowa legislator to become U.S. Agriculture Secretary. North Dakota State Rep. Mike Brandenburg, R-Edgeley, says his personal choice for the U.S. Department of Agriculture head has been Charles Herbster, a Nebraska cattleman and agribusinessman, but if the administration is looking for gender diversity on the cabinet his choice would be former Iowa state Rep. Annette Sweeney, R-Alden.
Gov.-elect Eric Greitens picks Chris Chinn to lead Missouri agriculture department
The Kansas City Star | Posted onDecember 28, 2016 in Agriculture NewsGov.-elect Eric Greitens has named a hog farmer from northeast Missouri to lead the state department of agriculture.
Faux meat: The protein of the future?
Watt Ag Net | Posted onDecember 28, 2016 in Food NewsBeef, for example, has long been “the bullseye of the target for many campaigners” and the effort has successfully resulted in the decline of beef consumption due to negative PR surrounding food safety, environmental concerns and health risks (cancer, cholesterol, etc.). This sentiment created a significant opportunity for Beyond Meat to raise $180 million to develop the Beyond Burger, with backers such as General Mills, the Humane Society of America and Bill Gates. Additional examples of animal product companies dipping in to meatless territory in 2016: Unilever: After originally planning
Rethinking EU animal production business model
Watt Ag Net | Posted onDecember 28, 2016 in Agriculture NewsIn other words, I am questioning whether small and medium buyers based in the EU would not mind paying a small premium for vitamins produced within the EU, especially now that this continent is tortured by many years of financial crisis. After all, as many vitamin manufacturers keep telling me, the cost of vitamins is minute compared to total feed cost. And, taking this opportunity, I would like to challenge my fellow EU nutrition business colleagues to consider re-evaluating our business model.
5 new research projects receive funding in Canada
Watt Ag Net | Posted onDecember 28, 2016 in Agriculture NewsThe governments of Canada and Manitoba have invested more than $365,000 in five new research projects in Manitoba, including one intended to help reduce the risk of a common, costly and potentially fatal infection in dairy cattle.
Federal Permits Will Allow Wind Farms to Kill More Bald Eagles
cnsnews | Posted onDecember 22, 2016 in Energy NewsNew 30-year permits that will be issued next month by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will quadruple the number of bald eagles that wind farms will collectively be allowed to kill per year and avoid prosecution under the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Under the new $36,000 “incidental take permits” - which are to be reviewed every five years by an independent third party – the number of bald eagles that can be killed by permit holders will increase from 1,100 currently allowed under 2009 regulations to 4,200 when the Final Rule goes into effect on Jan. 17, 2017.
Trump picks China critic to head new White House trade council
Agri-Pulse | Posted onDecember 22, 2016 in Federal NewsPeter Navarro, an outspoken critic of China and U.S.
Meat critical for good health and development
The High Plains Journal | Posted onDecember 22, 2016 in Food NewsA 14 percent decline in United States consumer meat consumption over the past decade has caused alarm with one Texas A&M AgriLife scientist who warns the effects could be dire for overall human health and child development. Dr. Guoyao Wu, distinguished professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, said U.S. consumers have been overwhelmed with misinformation about protein and fats in meats, which in turn has led to many consuming less meat or no meat at all.“Obesity rates have gone up the last 20 years, while consumption of meat has declined,” Wu said.
Energy Department backs huge Louisiana project to store carbon dioxide in the ground
Washington Post | Posted onDecember 22, 2016 in Energy Newsthe Energy Department announced Wednesday that it was conditionally prepared to guarantee as much as $2 billion in loans to the Lake Charles Methanol project, which represents a different variant on carbon capture and storage.