02/14/2023 SOURCE: grist.org
A new law tasks the agency with creating resources for farmers, but it may not address their biggest concerns.
USDA to help farmers navigate the murky world of soil carbon offsets
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02/14/2023 SOURCE: northeastnow.com
MELFORT, Sask. - A fire at a pig barn owned by Olymel resulted in the loss of roughly 10,000 pigs. The barn located in the Sturgis area was a total lo...
Thousands of pigs die in barn fire north of Yorkton, Sask.
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AgWiki CEO Featured on Podcast: Thruline to the 4th Sector
ABOUT THE PODCAST What is the 4th sector? It’s an emerging sector of the economy that consists of “for-benefit” organizations versus simply “for-profit” ones. It’s the space in which businesses exist for impact reasons, as well as financial ones. 4th Sector Capitalism is real Impact Investing. On this podcast, we’ll explore 4th Sector Capitalism and impact investing as an invitation […]
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02/14/2023 SOURCE: flip.it
Some farmers use "regenerative" agriculture to grow food more sustainably — and it's among the best carbon-capture technology available.
With “regenerative” farming, small growers can reap big profits for air and soil
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Trade (Commodities), Ag North America,
Exclusive: U.S. demands Mexico explain science behind GMO corn ban
The new U.S. agriculture trade chief on Thursday told Reuters that he has given Mexico until Feb. 14 to respond to a U.S. request to explain the science behind Mexico's planned bans on genetically modified corn and glyphosate herbicide.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
These new vertical solar systems are specially designed for farms
Ground-mount solar installer Sunstall has launched Sunzaun, a company that makes vertical solar systems for farms and agricultural settings.
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Topics: Conservation/Tillage,
Abandoned Farm Fields Take Decades to Recover Biodiversity—If They Can At All
How much does agriculture impact our environment? A new study, published in the Journal of Ecology, shows that, even after 80 years, sites that had once been used for farming still had not bounced back to the levels of plant diversity and robustness they had before human intervention. The study looked at 17 different grassland sites, along test plots at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in Minnesota. Each of the grasslands had previously been plowed and used for farming, but they were abandoned as early as 1927 and as recently as 2015. Since then, the fields have been left
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Cover Crops,
Match Made in Heaven: Livestock + Crops - Green Lands Blue Waters
The project will survey producers in six Midwestern states about the opportunities and barriers related to integration or re-integration of livestock and crop production.
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Topics: Sugar Beets, AgriBusiness,
https://www.agweek.com/opinion/montana-dakota-sugarbeet-growers-association-expresses-disappointment-about-closure-of-sidney-sugars-factory?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Agw
Montana-Dakota Sugarbeet Growers Association expresses disappointment about closure of Sidney Sugars factory
"We, the growers, are disappointed in American Crystal Sugar’s decision in closing our local Sidney, Montana, factory."
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