DTN

MARCH 21, 2024

Cover crop acres increased to 18 million total acres, a 17% increase, but when compared to total farmland, this represents only 6% of 300 million acres. As Emma Fuller at Fractal Agriculture pointed out, “at the current rate, it’d take us 90 years to achieve cover crop adoption on 50% of corn and soy acres in the U.S.”

Acre 103

Acre Biofuel Ranching Crop 103

Agwired

MARCH 20, 2025

Department of Agricultures Office of Energy and Environmental Policy regarding the interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks. market entry, regulatory and financing systems, and customer perspectives. The Renewable Fuels Association submitted formal comments to the U.S.

Cultivation 49

Cultivation Agriculture Agriculture Biofuel 49

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

To make way for those industrial fields of palm trees, some 30,000 acres of rainforest were cut down, a swath of destruction that one Indigenous leader called an act of “eco-genocide.” He marveled at the efficiency of the African oil palm, which can produce five times as much edible oil per acre as corn or soy.

Plantation 126

Plantation Acre Cultivation Crop 126