Trump Administration Moves to Curb Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland
The Trump administration has launched a crackdown on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland, targeting nations considered adversaries, such as China. Under the new National...
FDA Approves Gene-Edited Pigs for Food
Mrigakshi Dixit of Interesting Engineering reports that the FDA has approved gene-edited pigs from UK firm PIC for human consumption. Using CRISPR, the pigs...
GAO Report: Five Agencies Hold 98% of IIJA Grant Funds
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated $711.8 billion in grants for infrastructure projects across more than 100 programs, with 74% of the...
Cal-Maine Sees Record Sales as Justice Department Opens Probe
Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. egg producer, is under investigation by the Department of Justice for price hikes during egg shortages linked to the...
How AI, Laser Beams, and Nvidia are Shaping the Future of Farming
Seattle-based ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics has developed the AI-powered Carbon AutoTractor, an autonomous platform designed to address labor shortages and improve productivity in farming,...
Gold Mining Boom Threatens Ghana’s Cocoa Industry
Ghana, the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer, is facing a crisis as farmers abandon their land for illegal gold mining, driven by higher gold prices...
Unmanned Autonomous Planes Cut Pesticides and Peril
Rafaela Jinich of Bloomberg reports that Pyka’s Pelican Spray, an autonomous electric crop duster, reduces emissions and chemical use in banana plantations, achieving 96%...
Seawater Desalination Breakthrough Could Save Billions
Derek Smith at the University of Michigan News reports that the University of Michigan and Rice University engineers developed carbon cloth electrodes that efficiently...
French Wine Producers Facing ‘Catastrophic’ Harvest
Nayla Razzouk of Bloomberg reports that France, the world leader in wine production, is salvaging what's left to harvest after bad weather destroyed much...
American Ethanol Exports Hit Record Highs
Karen Braun of Reuters reports that August marked the fifth consecutive month in which a new monthly ethanol export record was set. Braun writes:
Despite...