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Israeli company touts nature-based alternative to toxic fertilizers for crops

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By Sue Surkes, Times of Israel, February 13, 2023: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-company-touts-nature-based-alterna... An Israeli Agtech company that has developed a sustainable way of supplying nitrogen to crops has reported successful results from an early trial in Brazil.

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U of M strategic session talks biologicals in corn and soybean

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By Carson Hughes, Feb. 15, 2023 https://www.southernminn.com/st_peter_herald/community/u-of-m-strategic-...

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A continued investigation into nutrient use and management on U.S. golf courses

January 2023 | J. Bryan Unruh, Ph.D. ; Travis W. Shaddox, Ph.D. https://gcmonline.com/course/environment/news/nutrient-use-and-managemen...

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How New Zealand plans to tackle climate change: Taxing cow burps

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2023/new-ze... Story by Rachel Pannett Feb. 1 at 6:30 a.m. TOKOROA, New Zealand — George Moss walks through a landscape dotted with grassy knobs of volcanic rock, following a herd of cows meandering along a dirt trail to pasture after their second milking of the day.

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Waste Not, Want Not

https://daily.jstor.org/waste-not-want-not/ by Lina Zeldovich  January 4, 2023

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A Big Step Toward ‘Green’ Ammonia and a ‘Greener’ Fertilizer

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https://www.agdaily.com/crops/big-step-toward-green-ammonia-greener-fertilizer/ By AGDAILY Reporters Published: January 13, 2023 Industrial production of ammonia, primarily for synthetic fertilizer — the fuel for last century’s Green Revolution — is one of the world’s largest chemical markets, but also one of the most energy intensive.

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John Deere Robot Planter: The Future of Farming Looks Like Fewer Chemicals

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https://www.cnet.com/tech/john-deere-robot-planter-the-future-of-farming...   By Claire Reilly and Bree Fowler, January 5, 2023

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Algae depresses Lake Erie home values

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/12/27/algae-depresses-lake-erie-home-values/ By Cassidy Hough | December 27, 2022 Getting rid of algae could make Lake Erie property owners some serious money. And, there’s already a clean-up plan in place. The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was a deal struck between the United States and Canada to protect and restore the Great Lakes. And fulfilling it would provide $42.9 million annually to the Lake Erie housing market.

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Algae depresses Lake Erie home values

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/12/27/algae-depresses-lake-erie-home-values/ By Cassidy Hough | December 27, 2022 Getting rid of algae could make Lake Erie property owners some serious money. And, there’s already a clean-up plan in place. The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was a deal struck between the United States and Canada to protect and restore the Great Lakes. And fulfilling it would provide $42.9 million annually to the Lake Erie housing market.

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Ohio must put Lake Erie on ‘pollution diet’ under settlement terms

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/11/ohio-must-put-lake-erie-on... by Garrett Ellison TOLEDO, OH — The state of Ohio must develop a mandatory cap on algae-fueling nutrient pollution entering Lake Erie under the terms of a proposed court settlement.

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