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Sustainability: Three Key Takeaways from the 2022 USDA Ag Census

DTN

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.”

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Terviva Offers New Biofuel Feedstock Grown on Trees

Agwired

Terviva has been developing elite pongamia cultivars over 15 years of research trials spanning nearly 2,000 acres in Florida, Hawai’i and Australia. “Terviva’s pongamia trees produce three or more metric tons of beans per acre, which feature a high oil content,” said Sikka. Australia, and other parts of the world.

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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

Once the Clean Water Act passed in 1972, many chemicals and toxins that had flowed freely from paper mills into Maine’s rivers started to be processed through sewage plants. This year,” says Stanley, “We’re sending samples to the University of Minnesota to test breaking [the hemp] down and turning it into biofuels.”

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The whole dam truth

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. 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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A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. 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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A Mid-Scale Anaerobic Biodigester Creates On-Farm Renewable Energy

ATTRA

The farm is a beautiful certified organic working farm situated on 90 acres in the south-central part of the state where they grow vegetables and raise beef, lamb, and layers. This biodigester project comes after years of biofuel research and experimentation by Steiman at the college.

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Almonds are Under Threat. The Key to Saving Them Could Be in the Soil

Modern Farmer

As Brian Paddock walks through his 12-and-a-half acres of almond trees, he’s taking in everything. Treehouse Almonds sources nuts from roughly 50,000 acres in California’s Central Valley, and Gardiner’s family farm provides about 20,000 of them. The shells are used in cosmetics, as bedding for livestock and in biofuels.

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