Cattle Contract Library Act Passes Ag Committee

The House Ag Committee passed the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 by unanimous vote on Thursday. Supporters say the act would give greater transparency to cattle markets and more leverage to producers.

Technology Is … Harvesting Data to Make Management Decisions

Typically, it takes about 45 minutes to process a field, says Terry Griffin, ag economist and precision ag specialist at Kansas State University. This includes flagging data outliers for analysis or omission. To the machine data, you want to incorporate the meta data, which can include personal observations, random field notes and more.

Surgeons Successfully Test Pig Kidney Transplant in Human Patient

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, which could help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.

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