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The Gas Stove Wars Are Not About Gas Stoves
I just returned from a whirlwind trip to New Zealand and Australia. I visited my family in New Zealand and in Australia I presented new research on…
May 26
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Here's an Easy Way to Get Weather Data
Example: Kansas is in Drought
May 18
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Aaron Smith
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Most of Tulare Lake is Contained in a Single Farm
Tulare Lake used to be the largest lake west of the Mississippi River. Beginning in the late 19th century, farmers drained it to grow crops. The lakebed…
May 5
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April 2023
The Value of Methane from Cow Manure
Methane is the second-most emitted greenhouse gas behind carbon dioxide (CO2). Cattle burps and manure are a major source of methane emissions; natural…
Apr 15
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Are Manure Subsidies Causing Farmers to Milk More Cows?
Two years ago, I wrote in Ag Data News about how a dairy cow's manure was half as valuable as its milk. This value stemmed mostly from huge subsidies…
Apr 8
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March 2023
Egg Prices are Still High, Especially in California
A typical household spends only a few dollars per week on eggs, but seemingly everyone has been talking about egg prices this winter. That is what…
Mar 16
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Which Fries are the Best?
The humble potato is a staple of diets throughout the world. It originated in Peru before spreading through the world in the 1500s. Some historians…
Mar 1
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Aaron Smith
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February 2023
Are Robots Going to Steal our Jobs?
The new wave of agricultural technology will enable machines to take over tasks that people used to do. Robots that weed fields and harvest crops will…
Feb 4
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Aaron Smith
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January 2023
Robots for Weed Control
Growing up on a sheep farm in New Zealand, two tasks that sometimes fell to me were digging out thistles and spraying barley grass. It was important to…
Jan 21
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More Livestock, More Pollution?
New Zealand Faces a Hard Trade-Off
Jan 13
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Aaron Smith
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December 2022
The 7 Most Read Ag Data News Articles of 2022
I published 44 Ag Data News articles in 2022 (including this one). Five of them were written by students in my ARE 231 class. Here are the 7 most read…
Dec 29, 2022
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In Arguments About Soccer and Ethanol Ask What Would Have Happened?
Frenchman Karim Benzema was awarded the Ballon d’Or as the world best soccer player in 2022. The award capped a roller coaster career in which he first…
Dec 22, 2022
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