Farmers Riding the Technology Wave
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The changes have come lightning quick in the nearly three decades since Missouri agricultural extension agents first preached the power of computers to skeptical farmers
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By MORGAN, Jon  It isn't easy being green, agricultural and horticultural scientists are finding.   The scientists held a seminar in Napier to find middle ground between farmers who want economic growth and environmentalists who want to stop farm pollution.
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Weeds sometimes hide fertile fields of growth.
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With water becoming increasingly precious in California, a rising number of farmers figure they can make more money by selling their water than by actually growing something.
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Some small farms, faced with stagnant income and mounting expenses, are opening up their operations to nonagricultural activities just to survive.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.
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The Cumbria Farmer Network has taken over the work of the Rural Futures project.   Since the foot-and-mouth epidemic, Rural Futures has helped farmers gain grants to improve their businesses.
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The investors are looking beyond Silicon Valley, and beyond the Internet and biotech.
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Many farmers have stood next to their dairy effluent ponds and watched the biogas bubble up and disappear into the air.
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A survey shows that more workers are relying on technology to do their job while on the move.
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Cutting-edge cement makers, high-tech car dealers, and innovative inhalers.
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At Demo, a gathering of venture capitalists and corporate high-tech investors watch as demonstrators are present their efforts at breakthrough technology worth investing in.
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Technology and business innovation go hand in hand.
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Poor farmersâ simple methods have helped lead to millions of newly tree-covered acres in a dust-choked region.
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Soaring energy costs and one of the worst droughts to grip Kansas in a century have led farmers to work hard to conserve water.
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By Adam Shell and Matt Krantz Droughts. Hurricanes. Rising temperatures. Melting glaciers. In a world abuzz with talk about global warming, climate change is elbowing aside tech and biotech as the major investment theme of the future.
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More investors are trading bean commerce for e-commerce.