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University of California embarks on a US$70m initiative to reduce methane emissions in dairy using CRISPR

USA- A team of scientists  from the University of California- Davis and Berkeley- are embarking on a US$70m donor-funded initiative to block methane emissions from cattle using CRISPR tools on microbes in the cows’ gut. The initiative “Engineering the Microbiome with CRISPR to Improve our Climate and Health,” is the largest financing effort by TED’s Audacious Project, awarded to the Innovative Genomics…

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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research grants US$653K for supplements research 

USA- The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) awarded a US$653,035 Seeding Solutions Grant to Sasya, Inc. to develop sustainable, cost-effective, multi-species feed supplements safe for livestock, the environment, and human consumption.  The FFAR builds public-private partnerships to fund research addressing significant food and agriculture challenges. FFAR’s model matches federal funding from Congress with private funding, advancing actionable science to benefit…

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USDA raises Thailand rice production forecast, funds US rice resiliency research

THAILAND- The US department of agriculture (USDA) predicts that rice production in Thailand in the 2023-24 marketing year will reach its highest level in five years due to abundant rainfall and attractive farm-gate prices.  A Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected output at 20.4 million tonnes, up 1%…

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