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Rural women are a vital portion of farmers [and ranchers] around the globe. Modern biotech advancements are allowing them to grow better crops, giving them more money to spend on ensuring their children have successful futures. I can think of no one who better embodies this spirit of independence and resilience more than Kelsey Ducheneaux @dxdesigns . She gives tirelessly of herself not only to the family and the ranch (@thedxranch), and her employer (@iac_indianagyouth ), but also to her education, as she pursues her Doctorate, so she can continue to help empower women and youth to make the most of themselves through agriculture. #RuralWomensDay #ACT4SDGs #SDGs #girlswhoruntheworld #thedxranch #empowertheyouth #ag #agchat #womeninag #womeninagriculture (at Ducheneaux Quarter Horses) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9xMaYH7gb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j8sz2a35tcia

“Reuters found 10 significant changes that were made between the draft chapter on animal studies and the published version of IARC’s glyphosate assessment. In each case, a negative conclusion about glyphosate leading to tumors was either deleted or replaced with a neutral or positive one. Reuters was unable to determine who made the changes.”

My Twitter friend’s dog Luna, protects her herd during the California Wildfires.

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AgQuip 2017 is over and now the follow-up on sales inquiry commences for many exhibitors. Following strong sales over the three field days, Tamworth-based Western Ranges Motorcycle sales manager, Rod Bruce (pictured), will commence delivery, inquiry follow-up and on-farm demonstrations of the full Honda range. Honda proudly supplied side-by-side 1000cc units for Fairfax Rural Events, organisers of the 45th Commonwealth Bank AgQuip.

Dam-building at the NSW Soil Conservation Service demonstration area at Commonwealth Bank AgQuip is proving popular, with a visit today from Channel 7's Better Homes and Gardens presenter, Johanna Griggs (left), and tomorrow from NSW Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Water, Niall Blair MLC. They are demonstrating the latest innovations in automated machine control to build a dam each day at the event, using a bulldozer and an excavator in tandem. Soil Conservation Service Senior Environmental Officer, Brett Hanly (pictured), says the machines follow a pre-programmed computer model, using GPS technology, to be very precise in moving dirt and directing water where it is needed. Dam building exhibitions run right across the day on Wednesday and Thursday at Commonwealth Bank AgQuip at Gunnedah. The event will be a major feature on the Better Homes and Gardens program in a few weeks time.

Channel 7's Sunrise will be broadcasting from Commonwealth Bank AgQuip tomorrow, with weather presenter Sam, who's no stranger to field days - here he is at Henty Machinery Field Days last year. They will also feature the autonomous tractor and the Croplands Weedit sprayer which has been set up by Dave Farmer (pictured). It will run over this cropland without a driver and is the first of its type available on the market in Australia. See it around 7.30 in the morning, plus Johanna Griggs from Channel 7's Better Homes and Gardens will also be recording stories for a future program, including having a run in the autonomous tractor - now that's a big garden!