Conservation/Tillage

10/26/2020 SOURCE: www.edf.org

This new approach to farming is transforming agriculture while protecting the environment

The pollution from fertilizer runoff hurts farmers as well as the environment. New technology and partnerships promise to help them both.

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Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Soil Health, Cotton, Education U.S. SouthWest, Conservation/Tillage, Education,

Soil Health Institute Virtual Field Days Focus on Soil Health for Cotton

The Soil Health Institute has released a series of 13 virtual soil health field days focusing on promoting soil health practices in cotton.

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage,

Interesting look at U.S. CRP acreage


Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Agriculture US, Conservation/Tillage, Beef Cattle, Climate Change,

Is the beef industry doing enough to counter the constant barrage of stories regarding beef production and ties to climate change?

Got Beef? Here’s What Your Hamburger Is Doing To The Climate

For centuries, the ethics of killing animals for their meat has been a bone of contention among humans. But the looming specter of climate change has given meat eaters an additional dilemma to consider.

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Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Cotton, Conservation/Tillage,
Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Soil Health, Conservation/Tillage, Economics, Climate Change, Weather,

Agricultural Soil Management: Improved practices can generate environmental and economic benefits

What are the best ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere? Greenhouse gas emissions need to be slashed to net zero by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, but there isn’t just one solution. Find out if soil management practices like cover cropping and optimising grazing patterns are the key increasing carbon uptake or do they have a limited contribution to global carbon removal efforts? Find out at https://carbonremoval.economist.com/agricultural-soil-management/.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Conservation/Tillage, Water, Research, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,

World Food Prize Laureate hails DSR as solution to Punjab’s water crisis

Amid labour shortage due to Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, more and more farmers in Punjab adopted DSR sowing instead of manual sowing method, which requires water puddling.

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