01/15/2021 SOURCE: farmcredit.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Farm Credit Council President and CEO Todd Van Hoose released the following statement in response to the Center for American Progress’ (CAP) report, Promoting Climate-Resilient Agricultural and Rural Credit. “We appreciate the Center for American Progress focusing on climate change’s impact on farmers, ranchers and rural communities across the United States. We welcome efforts to help farmers adapt to their changing environment and continue to produce the food and fiber necessary to fulfill needs across the globe. “Farm Credit’s mission is to support rural communities and agriculture, and we are focused on the growing impact of climate change. Farmers especially suffered last year, as they endured a record 22 instances of storms that each caused more than $1 billion in damage. “While we do not agree with some of CAP’s recommendations, as many of them would inevitably increase the cost of credit to farmers and rural businesses, we would look forward to discussing these issues with the authors of the report. To our knowledge, the authors did not reach out to Farm Credit to better understand our current credit and lending practices, capital standards or risk management protocols. To open that dialog, we are contacting them, in the hopes of engaging on these important issues. “For generations, Farm Credit has financed the efforts of agricultural producers and agribusinesses to make advances in conservation and sustainability, including many of the practices mentioned in the CAP report. As a cooperative financial institution, owned and governed by our customers, we are committed to continuing that long-standing effort in partnership with our member-owners.” Farm Credit supports rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services, today and tomorrow. It has been fulfilling its mission of helping rural America grow and thrive for more than a century with the capital necessary t...
Farm Credit Council Responds to Climate Report
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01/14/2021 SOURCE: www.weforum.org
The agricultural industry is well positioned to scale-up a carbon economy, helping to make a significant contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Could agriculture deliver natural climate solutions?
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Climate Change, Commodity/Trade Groups,
Agriculture must be part of climate change negotiations, says Farm Bureau | Food and Environment Reporting Network
Although blamed for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture has a "great track record" through land stewardship and biofuels in mitigating climate change, says Zippy Duvall…
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Randy Krotz
Topics: Animal Welfare/Humane Treatment, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Climate Change,
A counter-argument on gene editing.
Gene-editing plan ‘dark day’ for animal welfare and environment, say farming experts
Technique ‘would cause animals real suffering and fails to tackle greenhouse food waste gas emissions’
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01/08/2021 SOURCE: www.bbc.com
The Congo Basin contains the world's second-largest rainforest, crucial for regulating the world's climate. Inside it, a plan to halt the forest's decline is bearing fruit.
The bold plan to save Africa's largest forest
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Kim Bremmer
Topics: Dairy, Agriculture US, Sustainability, Climate Change,
Some people believe that eating less dairy is better for the environment...but is it?
Virginia Tech researchers find that removal of dairy cows would have minimal impact on greenhouse emissions
Researchers found that the removal of dairy cows from the United States agricultural industry would only reduce greenhouse emissions by about 0.7 percent while significantly lowering the available supply of essential nutrients for humans
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Climate Change,
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01/06/2021 SOURCE: civileats.com
A new, peer-reviewed paper on White Oak Pastures' practices advances our understanding of the climate impact of beef and the power of regenerative grazing to store carbon in the soil.
A New Study on Regenerative Grazing Complicates Climate Optimism | Civil Eats
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12/30/2020 SOURCE: www.vox.com
Companies are pledging to sell you more plant-based meat and dairy to fight climate change (and cash in on a growing trend).
Meatless meat is going mainstream. Now Big Food wants in.
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Kim Bremmer
Topics: Dairy, Beef Cattle, Climate Change,
It's interesting to see research develop into products that can reduce methane emissions from cattle. As always, agriculture IS the solution...
Mitigating methane emissions
Because methane is the main greenhouse gas associated with animal agriculture, researchers have been exploring different ways to mitigate methane emissions from ruminants like cattle.Some practical solutions were discussed during a recent Kansas Beef Council seminar, sponsored by the Kansas Soybean Commission.Two solutions that have been studied are using feed additives and managing manure, said…
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