Farming News Archives - Page 26 of 61

Reducing Food Waste Requires Food System Change, Finds New Report

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 food.

USA Rice Conservation Program Renewed for $7M

The funding will implement working lands conservation practices for rice producers, focused on water management, nutrient management, and winter habitat for wildlife.

Insight & Opinion: Without Modern, Industrial Farming, Pandemic Would Have Claimed Many More Lives

Hank Campbell believes that a real problem is the amount of effort that environmental activists spend promoting nonsense about food.

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Wheat Farmer Doug Goyings on Leading-Edge Precision and Conservation Practices

He is constantly striving to implement new practices and innovations that make the farm more efficient, more sustainable and more profitable.

Rendering and Leather Reduce Environmental Impact

The rendering and leather industries come into their own in ways that reduce environmental impact, benefit the economy and are, most probably, the ultimate in sustainability.

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

In 2017, producing milk required less inputs than in 2007 – 30% less water, 21% less land and 20% less manure – resulting in a 19% smaller carbon footprint.

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

In a survey of European farmers, more than half said climate change was the immediate priority while 63% agreed climate change would have a greater impact on their business than Covid-19.

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

A new publication highlights the economic impacts of Covid-19 on agri-food.

USSA Farmer Spotlight: Dairy Farmer Tina Hinchley on Milking Robots and Cow Comfort

Tina Hinchley is a dairy farmer in Cambridge, Wisconsin – America’s dairy land. She and husband Duane grow around 2,300 acres of crops, not only to be used as cattle […]

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

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 […]

Cyber-physical System Innovation Promises to Boost Yields

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. […]

USSEC CEO Highlights Soy Sustainability at International Grains Conference

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 […]