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Mid-December U.S. Agricultural Weather Brief: Regional Snapshot and 7-Day Planning Outlook

Mid-December U.S. Agricultural Weather Brief: Regional Snapshot and 7-Day Planning Outlook

Mid-December U.S. ag outlook: fast Pacific-to-Plains storm track brings West mountain snow, mixed precip north, rain South/East, with sharp temperature swings, brief hard freezes, and gusty winds. Impacts include winter wheat establishment, soil moisture recharge, livestock cold stress, freeze risks for Southeast/California. Manage wind erosion, soil compaction, icing; consult NWS/Mesonet.

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Root-Zone Networks: Making the Underground IoT Practical at Farm Scale

Root-Zone Networks: Making the Underground IoT Practical at Farm Scale

Underground farm sensors are becoming viable, overcoming soil-hostile radios, power, and materials via magnetic induction, acoustic links, backscatter, and energy harvesting. Robust packaging and conservative sensing (moisture, temperature, EC) feed models for irrigation and fertilization. Surface relays and ROI from water, fertilizer, and labor drive adoption, with environmental stewardship emphasized.

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Steady as She Goes: U.S. Ag Policy Holds Position as Budget, Farm Bill, and Regulatory Deadlines Approach

Steady as She Goes: U.S. Ag Policy Holds Position as Budget, Farm Bill, and Regulatory Deadlines Approach

U.S. agriculture policy saw incremental movement with no major federal changes. Budget talks and farm bill negotiations dominate, while regulatory schedules, litigation, and trade disputes continue. Program operations persist, but funding outcomes could alter timing. Watch for near-term catalysts: stopgaps, farm bill text, regulatory postings, trade signals, and animal-health alerts.

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Decarbonizing Nitrogen: The Promise and Practicalities of On‑Farm Green Ammonia

Decarbonizing Nitrogen: The Promise and Practicalities of On‑Farm Green Ammonia

Volatile fertilizer markets are spurring farm-scale green ammonia plants that use renewable electricity, electrolysis, and compact Haber–Bosch reactors to produce local nitrogen. Benefits include price stability, lower emissions, and energy integration, but economics hinge on power costs, utilization, cooperation, and policy. Safety, permitting, durability, and product flexibility remain critical hurdles.

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On-Farm Green Ammonia: Local, Low-Carbon Nitrogen for Resilient Agriculture

On-Farm Green Ammonia: Local, Low-Carbon Nitrogen for Resilient Agriculture

On-farm green ammonia uses renewable electricity, water, and air in modular units to produce NH3, localizing fertilizer supply. It reduces production emissions and price volatility, aligns output with crop schedules, and integrates with existing storage. Economics hinge on cheap power; co-op models, better electrolyzers, and compact loops are spurring commercialization.

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Closing the Loop: Nutrient Recovery Turns Manure into Market-Ready Fertilizer

Closing the Loop: Nutrient Recovery Turns Manure into Market-Ready Fertilizer

New nutrient-recovery systems convert manure and digestate into standardized struvite and ammonium fertilizers. Using separation, controlled crystallization, ammonia capture, and automation, they cut pollution and simplify logistics. Economics hinge on capital, operations, and markets; emerging innovations and service models speed adoption despite training, supply-chain, and cold-weather hurdles.

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Nanobubbles in Irrigation: Practical Science for Root Oxygenation and Biofilm Control

Nanobubbles in Irrigation: Practical Science for Root Oxygenation and Biofilm Control

Nanobubble irrigation injects ultrafine oxygen (and sometimes ozone) bubbles into farm water to boost root-zone oxygen, curb pathogens, and reduce biofilm, stabilizing water quality. Best for recirculating hydroponics, greenhouses, and reservoirs, it can enhance growth and cut maintenance, but outcomes vary and demand careful sizing, monitoring, safety, and proper filtration.

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Coloring the Sun: How Spectral Management Is Reshaping Modern Agriculture

Coloring the Sun: How Spectral Management Is Reshaping Modern Agriculture

Farmers use photoselective films and shade nets to ‘tune’ sunlight, filtering, converting, and diffusing wavelengths to steer plant growth, color, yield, and heat load. These covers can aid IPM and energy savings, suit high-value crops, but require crop- and climate-specific trials, recycling plans, and may evolve into dynamic, power-generating skins.

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PCM-Powered Micro Cold Rooms: A First-Mile Solution to Post-Harvest Losses

PCM-Powered Micro Cold Rooms: A First-Mile Solution to Post-Harvest Losses

Phase-change material micro cold rooms at farm gates stabilize first-mile cooling, reducing post-harvest losses and enabling price premiums. By storing cold via latent heat, often with solar, they maintain crop-specific temperatures, humidity and airflow through outages; good insulation, smart controls, and tailored design improve efficiency, economics, and smallholder resilience.

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Plasma-Activated Water for Growers: Practical Uses, Limits, and Integration

Plasma-Activated Water for Growers: Practical Uses, Limits, and Integration

Plasma-activated water, created by cold plasma generating reactive species, offers short-lived sanitation and seed priming benefits in nurseries, greenhouses, and packhouses. Effective when fresh and well-controlled, it can reduce chemicals and biofilms, with mixed nutrient effects. Success hinges on water quality, monitoring, compliance, and targeted, validated use.

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Sensing, Then Vanishing: Biodegradable Soil Sensors for Precision Agriculture

Sensing, Then Vanishing: Biodegradable Soil Sensors for Precision Agriculture

Biodegradable soil sensors promise dense, low-cost, short-lived monitoring of moisture, temperature, salinity and nitrate, then safely degrade, cutting labor and e-waste. Using compostable substrates, transient conductors, passive power and close-range readers, they enable precision irrigation/fertigation. Challenges include calibration, RF attenuation, regulation and proof at scale, but pilots show compelling economics.

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