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Global hunger initiative focuses on agriculture

Rock River Laboratory, Inc. announces the opening of the company’s newest feed analysis laboratory location in Wooster, Ohio.

As Greg Dell reviews the three years he and his family have spent developing a succession plan for their Westminster, Md., farm, he remembers how overwhelmed everyone was by the process in the beginning.

Such crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California--the nation’s biggest agricultural state by value--driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.

Governor Jerry Brown and California Democratic lawmakers enlisted business support of a $7.2 billion plan composed mostly of new bonds for water storage and delivery to drought-stricken cities and farms.

New Worldwatch Institute study examines the slow growth of global agricultural populations and the vast disparity between continents.

He recently issued a public apology for ripping up genetically modified crops, describing his long-held views about modern farming as “anti-science.”

Neglecting these in dairy rations can have lasting impacts on cow health.

Spent grain from craft brewing is popular as livestock feed, but it has several other interesting uses.

U.S. food companies must take a more active role in ensuring the crops are grown in a way that minimizes damage to water, soil, and environment, a report released Wednesday said.