World Agri-Tech

MARCH 12, 2024

Although not widely known, camelina is a crop with immense potential as a feedstock for sustainable biofuel. A cover crop, camelina can turn idle fields into production centers during a farmer’s typical offseason, allowing them to adopt the crop without disrupting their primary source of income. The goal of the partnership?

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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

In late 2021, the Maine DEP identified 60 sites where 10,000 cubic yards of biosolids were applied as fertilizer with homes within half an acre of the application, a practice the agency called “Tier 1” because it presented the highest risk to human health. The spreading of sludge as fertilizer remains legal in all U.S.

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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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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s also one with many potential uses ; it can be used as compost, as a means of decontaminating soil, as biofuel, and simply for growing more mushrooms. To make the best use of space, many farms will dispose of the blocks after a single flush, but each block is capable of several rounds of mushroom production.

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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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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

million acres of the Central Valley. 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. California’s almond industry spreads over 1.4 In 2018, California had 1.1 has averaged 2.67

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Agwired

MARCH 21, 2024

. “Each of them very unique in how they fit in a grower’s rotation but also similar in that they help to improve soil health and the second in that those crops are being grown on acres otherwise not in production.” World Energy has been in advanced biofuels for over 25 years and is now on the forefront of SAF.

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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 number of farm acres fell to 880,100,848, a loss of more than 20 million acres from just five years earlier. Read the full 2022 Census of Agriculture here.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

million acres of the Central Valley. 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. California’s almond industry spreads over 1.4 In 2018, California had 1.1 has averaged 2.67

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 15, 2024

’ It seemed unwise, however, at this early stage in the life of a new government, to say as much to this highly intelligent man, so instead, I told him the story of Richard Gantlett’s 1500-acre farm in Wiltshire, where Richard estimates he is sequestering 10 times more carbon than it emits. Would he consider a visit, I asked?

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

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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DTN

JUNE 14, 2023

The phrase sustainable agriculture has gone from buzzword to mainstream terminology as many food, pet food, and biofuel businesses aim for low emission or zero net carbon targets. For example, Nestlé and Unilever have their own definitions and guidelines for sourcing sustainable products. Cover crops are a good example of this.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This work will inform your product development roadmap, growth strategy, and fundraising timeline. Rigorous science is still our main priority to ensure we’re developing the best possible products for growers in terms of sustainability and economics.” How do you plan to address and overcome them?

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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. 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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Agwired

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Louis, the American Soybean Association Board of Directors voted in the executive committee members who will lead the organization through the coming years top advocacy priorities, including farm bill, regulatory issues, tax policy, markets, biofuels and other top policy issues for U.S. soybean farmers. 30, 2025, from 8:00 a.m.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

million acres of the Central Valley. 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. California’s almond industry spreads over 1.4 In 2018, California had 1.1 has averaged 2.67

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

million acres of the Central Valley. 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. California’s almond industry spreads over 1.4 In 2018, California had 1.1 has averaged 2.67

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

million acres of the Central Valley. 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. California’s almond industry spreads over 1.4 In 2018, California had 1.1 has averaged 2.67

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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

These entities will pass most of the money on to tens of thousands of farmers, ranchers, and forest owners, including growers who manage thousands of acres and underserved and disadvantaged farmers who often have much smaller operations. This spring, the Biden administration began allocating $3.1 It also reduces runoff and evaporation.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

Elite Octane — a leader in the biofuel industry, producing 150 million gallons of bioethanol annually — joined the nation’s leading biofuel trade associations, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy. cotton acres. remains a global leader in corn production and trade. A Greenwood, Ind., Saying U.S.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The announcement was welcomed by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) , which has been fighting to break down barriers to the environmentally friendly biofuels. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced that Sean Arians has joined the organization as vice president of Sustainable Production.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

It is through pest control products, used by farmers, ranchers, public health officials, and other pesticide applicators; and produced by pesticide manufacturers, that we can address and mitigate these threats. This includes millions acres of U.S. farmland, creating a significant ability to affect agricultural production.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Each year, these plantations generate about $50 million in revenue for the Ocho Sur group, whose palm oil has ended up in products ranging from Cheetos to Colgate toothpaste. 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.

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