(Photo by Cookson Beecher) Lightning rounds and poster briefs ranged from an evaluation of using falcons as an economically viable co-management strategy to deter nuisance birds in leafy green fields to methods of detecting diverse parasites on packaged salads. [read post]

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In the wake of the massive recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination, small-scale and local egg producers are differentiating themselves from "Big Ag" and distancing themselves from the recall.A rule of thumb in agriculture is that when one segment of an industry suffers, another segment benefits. [read post]