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ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 25, 2023--Agrology today announced that the company received $500,000 in Phase IIB Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop Agrology’s real-time soil carbon and nitrous oxide emission monitoring technology. America’s Seed Fund is powered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and awards $200 million annually to startups and small businesses, transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial and societal impact.

Every Democratic member of the House Ag Committee urged Thompson and Scott against IRA cuts in the farm bill, according to a new letter shared exclusively with MA.

John Hoeven, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee, joined Agri-Pulse Newsmakers this week to talk about some of the different funding areas he sees necessary for the upcoming farm bill.

CHICAGO — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said here Monday that the next farm bill needs to look forward rather than just deal with problems that have come up in the last five years. In a...

“It’s expensive to rent land in Monterey County just like it’s expensive to rent an apartment,” explained Arlene Haffa, a professor in the university’s department of biology and chemistry. “And so many of the growers are actually leasing the land and they’re afraid their crop will fail, so the tendency is to over apply the fertilizer just to be sure that the plant has enough. And that’s what becomes the greenhouse gas. So by paying the farmer to reduce their nitrogen inputs and use these other climate-smart practices, we hope to turn the ship a bit.”