agriculture
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CEO Bill Anderson spoke to WSJ about new technologies from gene editing to herbicide-resistant plants—and what they mean for Bayer and the broader agriculture industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"It's similar to peatland where in the past they've been regarded as wastelands. In the past they were dried out for agriculture and now they're realising peatlands are really important."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
He was referring to a time when a surge in interest rates, a collapse in export markets and widespread droughts dealt a devastating blow to American agriculture.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Reducing nitrogen inputs from agriculture, transportation, and industry could help protect the carbon stored in forest soils.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing agriculture
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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Down on the Farm
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The United States
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