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Did reintroducing wolves in Yellowstone somehow save the park’s aspen trees?
December 10, 2025
Claims that wolves have rescued Yellowstone National Park aspen trees through a ‘trophic cascade’ oversimplify a complex story.
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Agriculture in the classroom grows roots in Essex County
December 09, 2025
Food educators with Cornell Cooperative Extension teach kids about nutrition, food supply and the local farming community.
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Forest reform called for by local scientist at impromptu restoration meeting
December 03, 2025
Zybach framed the proposal as a chance to avoid the “Tumblebug failure,” where salvage delays left timber unusable and increased long term fuel loads.
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Inside Wyoming’s fight against cheatgrass, the ‘most existential, sweeping threat’ to western ecosystems
December 01, 2025
An all-hands-on-deck effort, tens of millions in funding and a breakthrough herbicide are slowing but not halting a destructive force steadily enveloping the best sagebrush left on Earth.
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Is the cost of the Thanksgiving meal less this year than last, despite most grocery prices being higher?
November 26, 2025
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2025 Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Survey finds that the average price of the classic holiday meal for 10 people is about 5% lower than in 2024.
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The USDA defunded a program aimed at helping small farmers. What’s next for the Missouri farmers who relied on it?
November 25, 2025
The program reimbursed farmers for big purchases and helped make connections between farmers and potential buyers.
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Montana-grown ingredients for your Thanksgiving spread
November 24, 2025
Lentils, turkey, squash and potatoes can all come from inside Montana’s borders.
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Cattle industry is keeping Oklahoma agriculture economy stronger as neighbors struggle
November 24, 2025
A recent survey shows farm income and borrowing power for crop producers are weak across the Great Plains, but the cattle industry has improved farm finances in some places, including Oklahoma.
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Hawai‘i Farmers Are Investing In Tech To Protect Property And Livestock
November 24, 2025
Hawaiʻi farmers and ranchers are adopting new forms of technology at a rapid pace.
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Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies
November 20, 2025
Today, the economic effects of policies affecting farmers are broader and deeper – and the resolve that carried farmers’ support for Trump through the first trade war may no longer be enough.
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What happens when wolves leave Yellowstone
November 16, 2025
The National Park Service has two chief goals: preserving and protecting natural systems, and visitor enjoyment. Wolves figure into both.
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How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir’s Surveillance Tech
November 13, 2025
America’s largest meat company, Tyson Foods, became an early commercial adopter of the software in 2020, establishing a blueprint for how large food corporations can leverage Palantir’s surveillance technology.
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Feathers in flux: The wild makeover of a molting finch
November 11, 2025
A Purple Finch in the midst of molting makes for a strange yet essential part of the bird’s life.
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‘Armed to Farm’ Program Prepares Veterans for Success in Agriculture
November 11, 2025
A recent Armed to Farm training, held in rural Kentucky, introduced veterans to careers in sustainable agriculture while giving them a place to connect, and a support system to lean on.
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A Colorado doctor wanted the facts on wolf reintroduction. So he created a watchdog group on Facebook.
November 09, 2025
John Michael Williams thinks Colorado is withholding information on reintroduced wolves from citizens. In changing that, did he create an extremist group?
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