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August 8: In a fairly recent episode of the Water for Food podcast (from the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute), Claudia Ringler of the International Food Policy Research Institute discussed the crucial link between irrigation and global health. August 7: I spoke with Dr. Danielle Graham, an assistant professor of poultry science at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture about a study she and some colleagues recently published detailing their efforts to determine if probiotic products would be a suitable replacement for formaldehyde in commercial egg hatcheries. Here’s a news release on it. August 6: Minnesota Extension Dairy Educator Jim Salfer shares what he believes successful dairy farms have in common: good production skills, solid goals for the business, good recordkeeping, being organized, and meeting regularly with trusted advisors. He was featured in a USDA radio news story. August 5: Former Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small--who also served during the Biden administration as a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture--was part of a Farm Foundation webinar panel discussing agriculture as the “Heartbeat of Healthy Communities.” August 4: Farmers are among the most likely (from an occupation standpoint) to suffer from heat stroke. Dr. Douglas Casa of the University of Connecticut says the first and foremost thing to do if someone has heat stroke is to cool the body temperature as quickly as possible. Do that, he says, before attempting to transport the victim to a medical care facility. August 1: The AgrAbility program offers a webinar recording about dealing with “ambiguous loss” in farming and the health and safety implications that come along with it. (Ambiguous loss is defined as a loss that’s difficult to clearly describe and that lacks any type of closure.) July 31: The Century Farms program in Louisiana recently added two new farms to be recognized for operating in the same family for more than 100 years. July 28-30: In a 3-part series, we covered the introduction of the Save Our Bacon Act by Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, and a hearing by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee to discuss potential congressional action to counter the affect of California’s Proposition 12. Prop 12 was passed by California voters in 2018, challenged unsuccessfully in the U.S. Supreme Court, became effective in 2023, and dictates production standards for any pork sold in California, even if it was produced outside of California. There’s a video of that hearing online. July 25: During a recent Farm Foundation Forum webinar, Dr. Alan Morgan--CEO of the National Rural Health Association--talked about the real reasons that rural hospitals are having such a difficult financial time. Morgan was one of four panelists who discussed the theme Reviving Rural: Agriculture as the Heartbeat of Healthy Communities. July 24: I interviewed Dr. Jay Thelen, a biochemistry professor at the University of Missouri and one of the coauthors of a paper on some research on the biofuels potential of a plant called Arabidopsis.

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