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9 Best Kinds of Ants for Beginner Ant Farms
This is a colony that can grow quickly. The large barbary ants create large nests and store seeds. ©liesvanrompaey / CC BY 2.0 - Original / License The barbary harvester ant is native to Northern ...
Daily Mail5d
Imagine if every English field looked like this: How one farmer proved that shunning chemicals can transform our countryside
As my Land Rover pulls up at the gate of my field, I see someone has tied plastic feed sacks along the bottom of the gate to make a barrier. Hostile action, I think — some of the farmers in ...
AgNet West5d
American Agriculture History Minute: Farm Machinery Makes a Difference
In 1850, it’s estimated it took 75 to 90 labor hours to produce 100 bushels of corn, and that would take 2.5 to 3 acres. By 1890, that reduced to 35 to 40 labor hours to produce the same 100 bushels, ...
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Introduction of the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act
The Coalition for Specialty Crop Innovation celebrates the bipartisan introduction of the Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ways and Means Tax ...