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Brooke Rollins went before the Senate Ag Committee Thursday as she prepares to be confirmed as President Trump's secretary of Agriculture.  One former Trump White House insider gives Rollins and her nomination two thumbs up.  Ray Starling is the general counsel for the North Carolina Chamber and served as chief of staff to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue under the previous Trump administration. He also

With a global population now just north of eight billion people, the agriculture industry will be called on more to feed people across the planet.  One of those areas that can help farmers meet those needs, said Christ Voigt, is continued research and development, not only of commodities, but of technology to make the farming process more efficient.  The Exe...

With a growing global population, and increased environmental expectations, farmers are in a challenging spot right now.  Ashley Green, Digital Ag Solutions Marketing Lead for Syngenta, said farm country will need to increase food output by 1.7% annual...

Farmers will need to feed an estimated 9.8 billion people worldwide by 2050, and to help in that effort, Oregon State University researchers are trying to expand the use of robots in agriculture.  Joe Davidson, Assistant Professor of Robotics, said nearly all fruit is harvested by humans because robots don’t operate efficiently in unstructured environments.   "Not o...

Research by Penn State University published in ScienceDaily shows food insecurity increases when rainfall is below normal.  The researchers focused on food insecurity in Tanzania, and found moving from a year with typical rainfall to a particularly dry year was associated with a 13-percentage-point increase in the risk of being food insecure.  Tanzani...

Washington FFA Secretary Gunnar Aune says one of the most pressing issues facing today's farmers, feeding a growing world population expected to high nine billion in the next 30 years. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...