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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
A new study of 30 geographically diverse farms shows that growers who consistently employ soil health management practices such as cover crops and reduced tillage spend less on inputs and make more money.
The nation’s farmers and ranchers kept their opinions about the farm economy mostly unchanged in July, but mild upticks in optimism are included in a report measuring the state of mind in rural America.
Bayer Crop Science plans to expand into adjacent markets dealing with crop fertility, biologicals, biofuels, carbon farming, and precision application services – more than doubling the division’s potential in a market that currently stands at more than $109 billion for its current core portfolio
Under a bipartisan piece of legislation introduced this month, the $5 per acre pandemic cover crop subsidy would be revived and made a permanent part of the farm bill.
Two soil conservation leaders discuss the recent blinding dust storm that caused fatal highway crashes in central Illinois and what they hope it means for the future of agriculture and farm policy.
Truterra paid more than $5.1 million to farmers last year to store carbon, bringing the total for the first two years of its program to over $9 million, the company said Wednesday.
President Joe Biden proposed a fiscal 2024 budget Thursday that would make permanent a lapsed USDA subsidy program for cover crops while also increasing the number of kids who get free school meals.
In this opinion piece,Lynn Tjeerdsma with the AGree Economic and Environmental Risk Coalition discusses the newly released findings of the Conservation and Crop Insurance Research Pilot project.
A historic study of USDA’s farmer records showed that cover crops and conservation tillage could significantly lower crop insurance claims in some cases, but the research also identified some key gaps in the department’s massive databases.
The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance proposed a series of new farm bill provisions that the coalition of ag, food and conservation groups believes are needed to help producers and landowners address climate change.
