{"id":1937,"date":"2022-03-25T19:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/what-is-todays-news-thursday-march-24-2022-successful-farming\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T19:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:44:37","slug":"what-is-todays-news-thursday-march-24-2022-successful-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/25\/what-is-todays-news-thursday-march-24-2022-successful-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"What is today&#039;s news? | Thursday, March 24, 2022 &#8211; Successful Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \tAs this week marches on, be sure to catch up on the latest news. <br \/> \tFrom soil testing to celebrating women in agriculture, these are today\u2019s headlines. <br \/> \tAvian influenza cases were reported in three states today, Editor Madelyn Ostendorf reports. They are: Iowa, South Dakota, and Maine. <br \/> \tTo date, 13,553,395 reported birds have been affected by HPAI. <br \/> \tMerck Animal Health has announced a new training module from Dairy Care365,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merck-animal-health-usa.com\/dairy-care-365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating a Culture of Care<\/a>, to help dairy owners and managers improve on-farm cultures to put animal care first, year-round. <br \/> \t\u201cMerck Animal Health provides these online training modules as a value-add to our customers at no charge, to help protein producers provide the best in animal care and welfare,\u201d says Tom Schad, Merck Animal Health director of communications. <br \/> \tMarch 24\u00a0is proclaimed as Women in Agriculture Day in Iowa. But every day is an opportunity to celebrate the work women do, globally,\u00a0in the industry that feeds the world. <br \/> \tOne way to do so now is to read Successful Farming interviews with women across multiple sectors in agriculture. <br \/> \tEditor Laurie Bedord interviews Sheryl Wallace, president of Cargill North America grain, about the grain industry and the importance of a diverse workforce, among other topics. <br \/> \t\u201cAs I reflect on my different work experiences, it\u2019s like\u00a0I\u2019ve had five careers, but they\u2019ve all been within Cargill. I\u2019ve worked in our agriculture, oilseed processing, edible oils, flour milling, and financial services businesses,\u00a0including\u00a0leading\u00a0our corporate risk management function,\u201d she says. <br \/> \tIn this Q&amp;A, Editor Megan Schilling interviews Revital Kremer, chief technology officer of SupPlant, a precision ag-tech company. <br \/> \t\u201cWhen I came to SupPlant in 2020, I felt for the first time I have a chance to not only develop software, but to create something that has an impact on the world,\u201d Kremer says. \u201cMy mission is to develop cutting-edge technology in agriculture; sophisticated solutions enabled in a simple way.\u201d <br \/> \tResponding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/api\/files\/document\/print\/en\/ip_22_1963\/IP_22_1963_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Commission<\/a>\u00a0approved a $550 million aid package for its farmers on Wednesday and said they could grow food and feed crops on fallowed land without losing any of their so-called greening payments. <br \/> \tMeanwhile, U.S. farm and food processing groups asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to allow growers to plant crops on 4 million acres now idled in the long-term Conservation Reserve Program. <br \/> \t<a href=\"http:\/\/growers.ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GROWERS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arvaintelligence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arva Intelligence<\/a>\u00a0are joining forces to provide ag retailers with a seamless solution for its producers to sell carbon through GROWERS Rally platform and Arva\u2019s Carbon Ready program. <br \/> \tA sales enhancement platform that captures critical data like crops, products, rates, and practices on a field, GROWERS Rally is also a sales planning and tracking tool for ag retailers. <br \/> \tOne word that seemingly sums up everyone\u2019s goals in agriculture this year is <em>optimize.<\/em> Optimize your inputs; optimize your valuable time; optimize your crops\u2019 performance. <br \/> \tOne strategy to implement that can help you optimize the health of your crops in the long- and short-term is soil sampling and testing. <br \/>&copy; 2022 Meredith Corporation. 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