Sustainability

Clips was introduced earlier this fall and is a flowable powder seed coating application system.
A man who is no stranger to advocacy was on a mission. Mike Twining has been working toward taking a fact-based appeal to the stage of TEDx—the primetime way of sharing big ideas with potentially a big audience for big impact.
The latest efforts in Washington D.C. could change the size of opportunity for farmers who sell their grain with a carbon intensity score.
Take a look behind the curtain at the company’s work to advance formulation science and the digital experience.
Companies across the ag industry are teaming up to offer new integrations, programs and products.
A Virginia Tech report finds global agricultural productivity growth has slowed from 1.9% to 0.7% annually.
Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag joins the Top Producer podcast to share why he believes taking advantage of these credits will be the biggest opportunity in agriculture.
“We can move so much faster. By our estimates, less than 2% of farmers are participating in these programs industry wide,” Truterra president Jamie Leifker says.
Three roadblocks rural America faces on the path to electric machinery adoption.
Here are examples of how Star of The West has built connections and expanded opportunities for farmers.
Ireland’s Agriculture Minister has been looking into various ways to reduce methane emissions, including culling 200,000 cows over the next three years.
In 2020, Anuvia had built out its production at a former Mosaic site in Plant City, Fla., after ramping up its technology and business for five years.
How to navigate carbon’s promise and unknowns.
The Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act has been introduced in both the Senate and the House. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed extending the 45Z tax credit through 2034.
Cereal rye helps Michigan farmer reduce herbicide-resistant marestail and waterhemp.
These family-owned operations are taking control of their futures, one grain at a time
Three tips if you’re considering regenerative practices and have the ability to deliver your crops to a biofuels plant.
Here’s how double cropping and relay cropping could affect your coverage
In recent decades, water quality has declined so seriously in certain bodies of water that federal courts have ordered local and state jurisdictions to take concrete actions to address the problem.
Tips for retailers to help shape effective conservation conversations at the farm-gate
Planting cover crops is one of the many ways growers can implement conservation practices on the farm, but planting them aerially may provide additional benefits.
Gradable has more than 20,000 farmers users totaling 12 million acres and has facilitated more than $30 million in financial incentives for sustainable/regenerative practices every year.
Researchers at Iowa State University have released a new Extension publication that reports county-level average nitrogen use efficiencies.
Soil Scientist Outlines New Soil Health Focus for Company
Justin Glisan, state climatologist of Iowa, shares five ways to reduce emissions and prepare for future weather patterns
Catch up on recent news in the ag retail industry
Farm Journal survey shows more than two-thirds of U.S. farmers and ranchers believe conservation funding is important to build farms’ resilience, address the effects of climate change.
Dial Ventures at Purdue University explores five factors it expects to help shape the future of ag retail.
Over 125,000 regenerative tonnes from the program have been issued, with 240,000 more in the pipeline.
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