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Offrange

@OffrangeAg

The untold stories just beyond the fence line of American agriculture. (formerly Ambrook Research)

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"After the event, I lugged 50 pounds of pork and 10 pounds of lard onto the Northeast Regional Amtrak, to bring friends and family sustenance for the impending New York winter." A Brooklyn tech worker learns how to slaughter a pig: ambrook.com/research/perspec…
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NEW: There’s fungus among us — the mighty mushroom is turning up in fashion, construction, electronics, wellness, insulation, and more. ambrook.com/research/technol…
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Boscoe is on the case
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A picture of potato plants being intentionally exposed to smoke:
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Runnels the hound, reporting for duty!
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That's right
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New: @gentlemanstimes digs into the tight profit margins for Christmas tree growers, and the patience required to nurture your product for up to 14 years. (Spoiler: It's a labor of love.) ambrook.com/research/christm…
The Barely Profitable World of the Christmas Tree Grower

The Barely Profitable World of the Christmas Tree Grower

And how the 2008 financial crisis is still making it harder for you to find a tree.

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“We found that winter weather events are carrying a lot more nitrogen and phosphorus and other nutrients downstream than during the growing season,” said @ecadair.
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One particularly stark revelation was that for nearly a decade, from 2011 to 2019, the national median farm income was a negative number almost every year. And the only year that number was positive, 2019, the median was a meager $296.
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