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USFRA and WBCSD Highlight Agriculture’s Role in Meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action (USFRA), which represents farmer and rancher-led organizations, has published a new SDG roadmap report which has been endorsed by the World Business Council for…

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September 17, 2020

Technology is Key to Feeding a Growing World, says U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Innovation and technology have enabled the United States to increase its production of food and fiber by 400% in the past 90 years while using 10% less land, says U.S….

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September 15, 2020

Smithfield Foods to Become Carbon Negative by 2030

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

In a protein industry first, meat processor Smithfield Foods has committed to becoming carbon negative in all company-owned operations in the United States by 2030. The pledge requires Smithfield to…

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September 3, 2020

California Dairy Sector Can Achieve Climate Neutrality, Say UC Davis Researchers

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Climate neutrality is within reach for the California dairy sector, according to a new white paper by experts from the University of California, Davis. Authored by UC Davis professors Dr. Frank Mitloehner…

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September 2, 2020

Reducing Food Waste Requires Food System Change, Finds New Report

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

Consumer food waste is a major environmental concern, driven not just by an individual’s food choices but by a system that encourages consumers to make decisions that lead to wasted…

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August 21, 2020

USA Rice Conservation Program Renewed for $7M

By Keith KeeneyNews PostsNo Comments

The Mid-South Graduated Water Stewardship Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), led by USA Rice, has been renewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with a $7 million award from the…

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August 19, 2020

Real Leather: Stay Different Student Design Competition Goes Annual

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

The response to student design competition ‘Real Leather. Stay Different’ has been so high that the event will go annual from September, says organizer the Leather & Hide Council of…

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July 16, 2020

U.S. Dairy Industry Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by 2050

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Speaking in the run up to this year’s IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) event, U.S. Dairy Council’s Krysta Harden, interim CEO and Executive VP of Global Environmental Strategy, unveiled the…

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July 6, 2020

Climate Change Is Top Priority for European Farmers Despite Covid-19

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Climate change and extreme weather are a pressing concern for farmers, and remain a key focus despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to IPSOS Mori research. In a survey of European…

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June 30, 2020

Academics Offer New Thinking to Address the Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Agri-food

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

A new publication from The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association highlights the economic impacts of Covid-19 on agri-food (food and agricultural markets)….

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June 29, 2020

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Partners with Field to Market

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Opens Up to Brands and Retailers for the First Time The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and Field to Market: the Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture are partnering to accelerate sustainable outcomes…

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June 25, 2020

Cyber-physical System Innovation Promises to Boost Yields

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

After decades of growing corn and soybean across the Midwest, crop yields are approaching their theoretical limits. But there’s still a need for more grain to feed people and livestock….

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June 22, 2020

USSEC CEO Highlights Soy Sustainability at International Grains Conference

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

U.S. soy farmers are the “ultimate stewards of the land” U.S. soybean customers across the world demand a product that is sustainably grown, and U.S. farmers are continually adopting innovations…

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June 16, 2020

Organic Continues to Grow After a Record 2019

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Following a record 2019, the importance of the organic sector continues to rise as shoppers reach for healthy, clean food to feed their families during the global pandemic. According to…

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June 9, 2020

Federally Funded Agricultural Research Critical to Keep Farmers and Ranchers Afloat

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

U.S. federally funded agricultural research “generates outsized economic benefits that extend for decades”, finds a new report from the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation, a non-partisan coalition that champions…

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June 8, 2020

EU Consumers Are Open to Eating More Sustainably, But Lack Information to Do So

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Two weeks after the European Commission presented its blueprint for sustainable food and farming, a new study shows that consumers are willing to switch to more sustainable diets but, in…

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June 4, 2020

Covid-19: A Silver Lining for U.S. Peanuts

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

U.S. peanut farmers are enjoying a boon amidst the global pandemic as peanut butter sales have skyrocketed. The hope is that this trend is here to stay as people are…

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June 3, 2020

80% of UK Consumers Would Do as Much for Climate as They Have for Coronavirus

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

Despite concerns that the pandemic will not change minds on climate change, research from sustainability consultancy Futerra suggests otherwise. Its Sustainable Lifestyle Survey found that 80% of UK consumers are…

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June 1, 2020

Covid-19 Impacts on Agricultural, Food and Environmental Systems

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

A new Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES) has opened at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. The institute will unify and coordinate researcher, student and stakeholder…

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June 1, 2020

Pandemic Drives Demand for Dry Beans

By Keith KeeneyNews Posts

U.S. Dry Bean Council data highlights growth opportunities for dry beans now and in the future. Consumers taking part in online research, which gathered views from Europe, China and Mexico,…

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May 26, 2020
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