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Illinois Dust Storm Disaster Is a Warning for Agriculture

The Equation

This disaster should serve as a sobering reminder that policymakers and the agriculture industry need to do more to adapt to our changing climate. Although most people don’t notice it, erosion and soil degradation caused by industrial agriculture are already a problem in farming regions across the country. A new Dust Bowl?

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AI and Agriculture: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Farming and Finance

Trimble Agriculture

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already irreversibly changed agriculture. AI and agriculture are a powerful duo. Nearly everyone agrees that AI will be an integral part of agriculture’s future. The success of this partnership helped popularize autonomous precision agriculture worldwide.

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Watching Grass Grow … From Space

Modern Farmer

Agriculture is no exception. The US Department of Agriculture recently funded research using satellite data to evaluate climate smart adaptations in agriculture, and the US Senate is considering a bill that would make precision agriculture, a practice involving technology such as satellites, available to more rural farmers.

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Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system

ATTRA

By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist I’m sure farmers have been using living mulches for ages. He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure. Instead, I can terminate my winter cover and lightly plow it in this spring, put out my transplants, and undersow white clover.

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Uninsured Country: Affordable Health Care Eludes Many Family Farmers and Ranchers

Daily Yonder

Department of Agriculture report using 2015 data, the most recent available. Finding adequate, affordable health insurance can be a huge challenge for people who run small, family farms or ranches, said Alana Knudson, director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. Nationwide, 10.7% for the U.S. There are about 3.4

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Federal Climate Policy: Agriculture Resilience Act Re-Introduced

CalCAN

This blog originally appeared here on the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) website, and is re-posted here with permission. CalCAN is a member of NSAC and played a part in developing the original version of the Agriculture Resilience Act. Farmers across the country are experiencing climate impacts as a crisis.

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Across Farm Country, Fertilizer Pollution Impacts Not Just Health, but Water Costs, Too

Civil Eats

These nitrogen-based compounds, common in agricultural runoff, are linked to multiple cancers and health issues for those exposed. and the reason comes down to one major source: Agricultural runoff. Many rural residents also rely on private, personal well systems, which aren’t regulated for contaminants, to source their water.