🎉 Ho-Ho-Ho!!!

HAPPY Holidays from the Agoverse Team! 🌟🌲🌲

Dear Agoverse Community,

Ho ho ho and a tractor-load of joy! As we merrily plow through the final days of 2023, we, Bryan, Matt, Christine, and Preska, are here to spread some festive cheer louder than a rooster at dawn! Whether you're hanging stockings, lighting the menorah, or just in it for the eggnog, we're sending you a barn-full of Agoverse joy, sprinkled with a generous helping of farm-fresh humor!

🚀 Agoverse Highlights of 2023: A Year of Belly Laughs and Bountiful Harvests! 🚀

Agoverse Website Triumphs: Our digital barnyard has been buzzing more than a beehive in spring! Thanks to your support, we've seen user engagement and content grow like a weed (but the good kind!). It's been a hub of agricultural innovation, community spirit, and the occasional chicken doing stand-up comedy (why did the chicken cross the road? To tell a joke on the other side!).

Agoverse FundMe Success: Our crowdfunding journey was like a rocket-powered combine harvester! Your contributions have supercharged our mission to revolutionize the agricultural landscape. We're so grateful we could hug every cow in the field (but we'll spare them the excitement)!

The Agoverse Newsletter: Each issue was packed with the latest agri-trends, stories, and insights, served with a side of corny jokes. We loved sharing every bit of news, knowledge, and knee-slappers with our passionate community. It's been more fun than finding a needle in a haystack (because who does that, really?).

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Coming Soon: The Agoverse Podcast - It's Udderly Amoosing🎙️🎙️🎙️

Hold onto your hay bales, folks! In the works is the Agoverse Podcast, where we're churning out more fun than a cow in a milkshake mixer! Get ready for a heaping helping of farm-fresh funnies, served with a side of sass and a sprinkle of barnyard banter. It's going to be the most entertaining thing to hit your ears since the invention of the corn-husk earbuds! 🌽🎧🐄

🎙️ The Agoverse Podcast will be the funniest thing in farming since Scarecrow or the Chicken Crossing the Street Stand-Up! 🎙️ Will be hosted by our very own CEO Matt and President Bryan. It's not just any podcast – it's a wild tractor ride through the fields of fun, packed with more laughs than a pig in the mud!

Hilarious Farm Tales: Matt and Bryan will share stories that'll make you laugh so hard, your mammy will cry!

Agricultural Myth-busting: Do cows really have best friends? Can chickens see in color? We're on a mission to find out! What of Human Food Safety, Animal Feed Safety and Pet Food Safety?

Guest Appearances: From the famous! Maybe a musician or a microbiologist, or an agronomists and even farmers who can tell a joke better than they can milk a cow.

Agri-Innovations: The latest in farm tech, like the GPS for lost sheep (because even sheep need a little help sometimes).

Interactive Sessions: Q&A sessions, listener stories, and perhaps a live call to a farmer about his dancing tractor.

Launching Soon! 🎙️🎙️🎙️

Get ready to tune in, to turn up the volume, and be prepared for a harvest of hilarity. The Agoverse Podcast is coming to your favorite streaming platforms soon. It's going to be the best thing since the invention of the wheelbarrow (and way funnier).

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 📰📰Our newsworthy Agricultural Cream of the Crop! 📰📰

1. Foreign-owned U.S. farmland up in 2022

Summary: Total number of acres owned by foreign entities stands at 43.4 million acres, representing 3.4% of the country’s total agricultural land. These figures have grown increasingly in the past six years, averaging three million acres a year, USDA says.

READ MORE 

2. Sharing agricultural data: Distributed ledger technology for enhanced machine learning in plant phenotyping”

Summary: In July 2023, Plant Phenomics published a perspective article titled "Can Distributed Ledgers Help to Overcome the Need of Labeled Data for Agricultural Machine Learning Tasks?."

This paper promotes a collaborative approach in data handling and AI model training for plant phenotyping and suggests using distributed ledger technology with smart contracts to overcome current limitations. READ MORE

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🌱 NEXT UP FOLKS?????

Now for a very Special Feature from our Agoverse President Bryan Candelaria

Exploring Regenerative Agrifood Ecosystems 🌱

In this special feature of our newsletter, we're excited to introduce you to a groundbreaking resource in the world of sustainable agriculture: the EARA White Paper 2023 titled "Together for Regenerative Agrifood Ecosystems."

📄 About the EARA White Paper 2023:

This insightful white paper delves into the transformative world of regenerative agriculture and its impact on our food systems. It's a comprehensive guide that explores how we can collectively work towards more sustainable and resilient agrifood ecosystems.

Key Highlights:

• Innovative Practices: The paper discusses cutting-edge practices in regenerative agriculture that not only enhance soil health but also contribute to biodiversity and carbon sequestration.

• Collaborative Efforts: It emphasizes the importance of collaboration among farmers, researchers, policymakers, and consumers to drive meaningful change in our food systems.

• Sustainable Solutions: The white paper provides actionable insights on how to implement regenerative practices effectively, ensuring both environmental sustainability and economic viability.

• Global Impact: It addresses the global challenges faced by the agricultural sector and how regenerative practices can offer solutions to issues like climate change and food security.

Why It Matters:

As we step into a new era of agriculture, understanding and embracing regenerative practices is crucial for the health of our planet and the well-being of future generations. This white paper serves as a beacon of knowledge and inspiration for all of us in the Agoverse community and beyond.

🔗 Read the Full White Paper: Dive into this fascinating world by reading the full EARA White Paper 2023 here.

“Thank you for joining us in exploring these innovative approaches and be a part of the movement towards a more sustainable and regenerative future in agriculture!” Bryan Candelaria-Agoverse President

📰📰📰 🚜 Now, Back to Agri-News: The Lighter Side of Farming! 🌽📰📰📰

3. Berg Insight reports — The precision agriculture market to reach € 5.2 billion worldwide in 2027

Summary: The move from automation to autonomy is the next step in the evolution of the agricultural industry. “Although autonomy on a component level has been exploited by multiple manufacturers, autonomous agricultural operations on an equipment level are now on the rise”, said Veronika Barta, IoT analyst at Berg Insight. READ MORE

4. Dry spell delays Brazil soy planting, spoils second corn outlook – farmers”

Summary: This article discusses that in Sorriso, the world's soybean capital, grower Ronan Poletto delayed planting by an average of 12 days due to irregular rains. He projects a 12%-15% soybean production drop from a five-year average. READ MORE  

5. Climate predictions include changing yields

Summary: The article highlights how the changing climate is leading to more violent storms and impacting grain and livestock production worldwide. It focuses on the broader implications of climate change on agricultural yields. READ MORE

6. Corn Agronomy – by an agronomist, about corn

Summary: The article highlights how the changing climate is leading to more violent storms and impacting grain and livestock production worldwide. It focuses on the broader implications of climate change on agricultural yields. READ MORE

7.  Rules aimed at long-contaminated groundwater drive California farmers and residents to court

Summary: This story covers the challenges faced by some California farming communities due to nitrates and other contaminants in the groundwater that feeds their wells, leading to legal actions. READ MORE

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Now If you see a chicken crossing the road, remember – it's not just poultry pullin leg comedy! Rumor has it, the chicken's got jokes so egg-cellent and the crackling egg jokes…cracking and crackling! 🐔🎤

📰📰📰Now Back to Rib-Tickling Agri-News!📰📰📰📰

8. Takeaways from lawsuits accusing meat giant JBS, others of contributing to Amazon deforestation

Summary: This article discusses the lawsuits against JBS and other companies, alleging their direct relationship with deforesters on protected land in Brazil, contributing to Amazon deforestation. READ MORE

9. Linamar acquires Saskatchewan seed expert company

Summary: Linamar Corporation is set to acquire Bourgault Industries Ltd. of St. Brieux, Saskatchewan, for C$640 million. READ MORE

10. USDA’s December WASDE forecasts lower domestic corn and wheat supplies

Summary: The WASDE report pegged the U.S. 2023/2024 corn ending stocks at 2.131 billion bushels vs. the trade's estimate of 2.176 billion and last month's estimate of 2.156 billion bushels. READ MORE

For soybeans, the U.S. ending stocks were pegged at 245 million bushels vs. the trade's expectation of 246 million bushels. Last month's estimate was also 245 million bush READ MORE

11. U.S. Department of Agriculture to invest $300 million in monitoring agricultural emissions

Summary: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that his department will invest $300 million to improve the measurement and reporting of planet-warming emissions by the country’s agriculture and forestry sectors. READ MORE

12. Purpose-Built AI Machines for a Tech-Hungry Agriculture Industry

Farm-ING looks to leverage their AI and custom-built technologies for more efficient yields and a healthier environment READ MORE

🌲🌲 _{Season's Greetings and a Moo-velous New} 🌲_Year! 🌲

As we bid a fond farewell to 2023, we're overflowing with gratitude, excitement, and enough holiday cookies for our diets. Here's to a 2024 filled with more growth, innovation, and community (and maybe a few less cookies, but who's counting?).

Warm wishes (and a few chuckles),

Bryan, Matt, Christine, and Preska

Founders, Agoverse