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"Another major grain processor in Canada has said it will no longer accept oat crops that have been sprayed with glyphosate used as a pre-harvest dessicant starting as of January 2021."
Again - the market speaks. ARTICLE LINK: https://lnkd.in/dBT9MRf Why farm robots are hard: when you get up close those rows are not as straight as they look from an airplane.
We are developing robotics to stop invasive weeds from taking over farmland - and we're doing it without chemicals.
"Soon, Illinois farmers will harvest corn and soybean crops with the second-highest yields for that state ever. Yet, University of Illinois economists are projecting just small returns on beans and small losses on corn – and only if more USDA payments arrive."
Successful Farming, August 21, 2020 ARTICLE LINK: https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/university-of-illinois-projects-negative-returns-for-near-record-corn-crop WASHINGTON – Independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the notorious weedkiller linked to cancer, in more than 80 percent of non-organic hummus and chickpeas samples, and detected at far lower levels in several organic versions.
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