Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Now seen as a “future-proof” material, seaweed is a hardy, fast-growing protein source useful for everything from biofuel to petroleum-free plastic to consumer goods like utensils , soap , clothing , and of course, food. Now, they’re managing a 5-acre sea farm in Englishman Bay and cultivating thousands of pounds of kelp in the process.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. While the affected sites are situated across the state, most are concentrated in agricultural areas.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 10, 2023

In response, the federal government has committed nearly $5 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to thinning forests on about 50 million Western acres over the next 10 years. We do hundreds to thousands of acres of fire mitigation a year,” Ravage said. He hopes to show that fungi can do it better.

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Agwired

MARCH 21, 2024

Alder Renewables CEO Tim Obitts says agriculture holds the key to the future for SAF. His company’s technology can utilize a range of sustainable woody residues, agricultural byproducts, and next-generation energy crops like miscanthus to produce SAF. . “You are above ground oil wells,” said Obitts.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley. USDA Agriculture Research Service photo. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

In the States, Sorghum is currently used mainly for creating biofuels and feeding livestock, but incorporating it into the American diet could have a long-lasting positive impact on our environment. During a normal year, he typically harvests about 150 bushels per acre of corn. Last year, he averaged only 22 per acre.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

New agriculture census data released by USDA shows the number of farms operating in the United States and the number of farm acres have both fallen significantly. The 2022 Census of Agriculture reports 141,733 fewer farms in 2022 than in 2017. Read the full 2022 Census of Agriculture here. Early bird pricing ends Feb.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 15, 2024

After the second encounter I sent him an email suggesting that if he became Prime Minister, he might consider calling a meeting between the treasury and the departments of health, education, climate and Defra, exploring ways in which an investment in truly sustainable agriculture might bring savings to those other government departments.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley. USDA Agriculture Research Service photo. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

As Brian Paddock walks through his 12-and-a-half acres of almond trees, he’s taking in everything. The Almond Board of California has said the nuts use nine percent of the state’s agricultural water. They are the biggest agricultural export in the state by far. It’s one of the building blocks of agriculture.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

By Chris Lent, NCAT Agriculture Specialist I’ve always found ways to turn “waste materials” into useful resources on the farm fascinating. In November 2023, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Eric Fuchs-Stengel and I had that opportunity. On my farm, I tried to reuse and recycle resources as much as possible to close the off-farm input loop.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Joey Caldwell, senior vice president of retail at GreenPoint Ag, with the ARA Excellence in Advocacy Award in front of more than 600 ag retail industry professionals during the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo. soybean farmers.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Commercially, we’ve been on many hundreds of thousands of acres, spread relatively evenly across cropping and grazing lands in the US. We’re also involved in measuring soil carbon, for the purpose of low carbon intensity fuels, biofuels that have stronger carbon intensity performance than petroleum-based fuels.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley. USDA Agriculture Research Service photo. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley. USDA Agriculture Research Service photo. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Department of Agriculture. million acres of the Central Valley. USDA Agriculture Research Service photo. million acres of almond trees bearing nuts and another 300,000 acres of trees still too young to need pollination. Each acre of mature trees is supposed to be pollinated by two honeybee colonies.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

In recent years, seaweed has been put forth as what one writer called a Swiss Army knife solution to climate change: able to absorb atmospheric carbon, reduce cattle’s methane emissions, provide feedstock for biofuels, and feed the world — no fertilizers, fresh water, or even land required. These concerns aren’t hypothetical. he asked. “Is

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, this amalgam of farming methods aims to keep the American agricultural juggernaut steaming ahead while slashing the sector’s immense greenhouse gas footprint. billion to hundreds of agriculture organizations, corporations, universities, and nonprofits for climate-smart projects.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

Gooden has served as Director of State Operations for Rural Development since July 2021 and will fill the under secretary position left vacant by Xochitl Torres Small , who was confirmed in July 2023 as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Alltech is proud to continue to partner with the Women in Food & Agriculture (WFA) Mentorship Program.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In an unprecedented opportunity for Commodity Classic attendees, both United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan will keynote the General Session of this year’s event, fast approaching Feb. million cotton acres this spring, down 3.7

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Letter Dear Deputy Director Guertin, The PPC represents agriculture, food, fiber, public health, pest management, landscape, environmental, and related industries, including small businesses/entities, which are dependent on the availability of pesticides. This includes millions acres of U.S. agriculture.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The $160 million that the company’s backers, primarily US venture capitalists and private equity funds, have spent on its operations represents the largest foreign investment in agriculture in the history of the Peruvian Amazon. ” But the creation of the plantations came at a steep price.

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