The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is to invest $250 million in agricultural conservation, specifically technical and financial assistance to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups…
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Organic production of grains and soybeans is experiencing double digit growth, according to a report by market intelligence firm, Mercaris. The 2017 Organic & Non-GMO Acreage Report provides acreage data and analysis of…
A new map detailing croplands worldwide in the highest resolution yet, will help to ensure global food and water security in a sustainable way. Mapping and monitoring global croplands over…
“We need to deal with reality rather than myth. There’s still a perception in parts of Europe that we’re using chlorine to wash chickens in. That hasn’t been used in the…
The European Union is to invest €1 billion ($1.2 billion) with the aim of making farming more sustainable, food healthier and more diverse and rural territories a better place to…
The EU must reduce the environmental impact of its food system through more efficient and sustainable use of resources, says a report by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). This would…
Soil’s ability to trap carbon dioxide is potentially much greater than previously estimated, according to Stanford researchers who claim that soil health could “significantly” offset increasing global emissions. Two papers…
EU countries must do more to ensure environmental and sustainable use of pesticides and reduce the impact on human health. In a report published this week (October 10), the European…
European countries want EU-level action to achieve sustainable and deforestation-free agricultural imports and reduce the associated expansion into primary forests of producer countries. In a statement to the Council of…
The U.S. is joining global efforts to promote dairy sustainability. At the World Dairy Summit in Brussels on the 27 of September 2017, the U.S. National Committee of the International…
A fair income level is needed for the development of an economically sustainable farm, say European young farmers. A survey of farmers under 40 years old across all 28 EU…
U.S. cotton growers and their industry partners are to build upon the strong environmental gains achieved over the past 30 years by adopting measurable ongoing improvements in sustainable cotton production….
An innovative use of soybean oil is driving sustainable and conservation uses in the rubber tire industry. A new tire technology using soybean oil is helping tire performance and improving…
Soil erosion on highly erodible cropland in the United States has been significantly reduced through a land conservation program overseen by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service…
International grain trader and agribusiness food company, Bunge, has set ten goals to help meet its environmental sustainability goals commitment. Using 2016 as its base year, the company’s ten-year plan…
