Sustainability
The goal of the pilot is to explore the scalability of an ecosystem services marketplace and provide farmers a view for what they could gain in a carbon market.
Could this Australian dairy become the world’s first carbon-neutral farm?
Registration is open for the upcoming symposium, scheduled for Feb. 23-25.
The partners will be able to offer carbon credits on more than 20,000 acres of land.
This summer, farmers will start receiving the first tranche of payments via TruCarbon, the new carbon program launched by Truterra, LLC.
The factors are converging to make this coming year a springboard for how agriculture is involved in carbon sequestration and climate policies.
The contracts available differ from one entity to the next and can be confusing. Make sure you know and understand the contract details and whether they align with your goals.
Measurement, reporting and verification are important to the process of addressing greenhouse gas emissions.
By compensating farmers per pound of nutrient loss reduction, pay-for-performance conservation motivates farmers to find the most cost-effective ways to reduce nutrient losses for their specific fields.
Farmers in the study targeted specific combinations of practices to specific acres depending on the goals that they had.
Walmart and Danone are among the companies announcing public commitments to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture systems. Here’s what that means for producers, says Lucy Stitzer, Dirt to Dinner founder.
The company says this product is built with its patent-pending combination of a co-polymer and solvent blend with time-tested active ingredients NBPT and DCD.
“We will produce 400,000 tons over the course of this year,” says CEO Amy Yoder. “We can produce on three different lines with a total of 1.2 million tons... I hope we are getting ready to start our second.”
For the past year and a half, AEM has helped spearhead a study to quantify how technology used in agriculture improves environmental stewardship including reduction in carbon, water quality, and more.
Throughout the year the Advocates will be included in TFI’s outreach efforts to promote fertilizer management practices by hosting farm field days, participating in conferences, and speaking on behalf of 4Rs to peers.
From field records to analytics, data empowers conservation and profitability.
Beer made from rice grown with less water, rye planted in the off-season and the sale of carbon credits to tech firms are just a few of the changes farmers are making as the food industry strives to go green.
Conservation practices that improve soils can impact farm profitability with a positive ROI.
The J.R. Simplot Company announced a collection of global sustainability targets in four areas aimed at major reductions over a 10-year period
The company’s Jay Watson met with Trust In Food for a conversation on how regenerative agriculture practices can benefit today’s farmers and their respective operations.
This purchase gives the company a stronger foothold into biologicals and asserts their commitment to its ‘Good Growth Plan’ to improve environmental sustainability.
New research from Farm Journal’s Trust In Food initiative looks at the growing importance of sustainability and conservation-focused products and services for the ag retail business.
Company officials expect their efforts in the next decade to improve farmer livelihoods and their enterprises while conserving resources and sustaining the land.
Growmark has given five FS Crop Specialists the 2020 Endure Advocate award, which recognizes those who excel in 4R Nutrient Management and Sustainable Farming Practices.
South Dakota had more acres claimed under the prevented planting provisions of crop insurance than any other state in 2019. Where farmers tended those prevent plant acres, they find 2020 crops are off to a strong start.
Instead of an in-person event, this year’s conference will be completely virtual. Because of the new format, its organizers have expanded the agenda to three days and to be of a national scope.
With a goal of improving preparing to service customers in the Midwest (specifically for corn and soybeans) Trace Genomics has purchased soil processing assets and opened a soil testing lab in Ames Iowa.
Adam Kramer’s consulting is focused around soil health with an eye on short-term and long-term impacts to profitability.
It is past time that food companies and the farmers who grow the food come together and truly define what sustainability really means.
Guilette describes farmers as the “ultimate problem solvers and solution finders.”