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Fred Bourland, examines test plots for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture cotton variety testing program during a field day at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station near Marianna. (
UA Division of Agriculture Communications)
Fred Bourland has received the A.L. Vandergriff Cotton Pioneer Award for his cotton breeding and research from the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, headquartered in Memphis.
Bourland is a professor of cotton breeding and genetics for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Andrew Berner of Jetton General Contracting in Jonesboro
Andrew Berner, president of Jetton General Contracting of Jonesboro, has been appointed to the board of trustees of the New York Institute of Technology, which has a program at Arkansas State University.
COVID variant, B.1.1.7. threatens children and rates are rising in neighboring states. By Terry Falk - Apr 12th, 2021 10:36 am //end headline wrapper ?>School classroom. (Pixabay License).
On April 5, the city of Madison reported that 21 children and daycare workers at one facility came down with the B.1.1.7 variant. A recent
Wisconsin
Examiner article outlined that an increase in this variant was far more contagious and far more likely to cause serious health complications.
Because its transmission rate is 50% to 100% greater than the original COVID-19, the B.1.1.7 mutation, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, is already the dominant strand in Wisconsin. Previous evidence showed that, with the original strain, adults were most affected; children were far less likely to get sick from the virus and to transmit it. This new variant has changed all that.
Wisconsin Examiner
The rise in student COVID infections was predicted
Children wearing protective face masks sit in classroom for the first day of classes of the new school year at the GuthsMuths elementary school during the coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 10, 2020 in Berlin. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
On April 5, the city of Madison reported that 21 children and daycare workers at one facility came down with the UK COVID variant, B.1.1.7. A recent
Examinerarticle outlined that an increase in this UK or British strain was far more contagious and far more likely to cause serious health complications.
Because its transmission rate is 50% to 100% greater than the original COVID-19, the B.1.1.7 mutation is already the dominant strand in Wisconsin. Previous evidence showed that, with the original strain, adults were most affected; children were far less likely to get sick from the virus and to transmit it. This new variant has changed all that.
IntraFish s live updates from the National Fisheries Institute s Global Seafood Marketing Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Got milk? For now
Jim Mulhern of the National Milk Producers Federation doesn t look like a prize fighter, but when he joined the association, he saw an industry that had let the plant-based foods sector walk over it for too long. This is an issue we ve been dealing with for the better part of 35 years, Mulhern said. The problem is, we played nice. I decided not to play so nice and deploy a different strategy and raise visibility of the issue with consumers and legislators.
The Country - Regenerative agriculture edition
19 Feb, 2021 12:00 AM
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay asked managing director of AbacusBio Anna Campbell if she was sitting on the fence about regenerative agriculture.
On with the show:
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Anna Campbell:
The managing director of tech company Abacus Bio sits back and takes a neutral look at regenerative agriculture and its place in our farming systems.
Todd Clark:
Our US correspondent talks about the hypocrisy of Bill Gates, Texas freezing over, and how he managed to get a Covid vaccine.
Jeremy Rookes and Stu Loe:
Today s panel features two sheep and beef farmers who are none too keen on eating 100 per cent synthetic beef and not overly enthusiastic about regenerative agriculture.