Remove Biofuel Remove Harvesting Remove Livestock
article thumbnail

Rail Canada Supply Chain Letter

NASDA

There are even higher volumes that would be lost during harvest. Agricultural facilities have no viable alternative transportation options to supply Canada’s international customers and the inability to cycle products through the supply chain could limit producers’ ability to deliver harvested crops.

article thumbnail

FAPRI outlook shows downward shifts in farm income, commodity prices

Todays Farmer Magazine

FAPRI’s report shows prices for many farm commodities have fallen sharply from 2022 peaks and will likely decline further for crops harvested in 2024 and beyond. For livestock producers, lower prices for corn and soybeans reduce feed costs, offsetting price and demand challenges. per bushel in 2022-23 fall to a projected $4.39

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

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.

Grain 52
article thumbnail

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

Civil Eats

This gives a blueprint of the situation and provides an opportunity to consider mitigation strategies such as changing the rotation of livestock, cleaning up the water, or trying a different crop.” The challenge facing the scientists now is the removal of the PFAS from the hemp plants once they’re harvested.

Farming 145
article thumbnail

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

Modern Farmer

Plus, there are multiple uses for each nut harvested. The shells are used in cosmetics, as bedding for livestock and in biofuels. When it comes time to harvest, the only thing you’re picking up is almonds, nothing else.” And guess what it replaces? Alfalfa, which uses more water than almonds.”

Orchard 96
article thumbnail

Can Biden’s climate-smart agriculture program live up to the hype?

Food Environment and Reporting Network

These practices include reducing or eliminating tilling of soil, planting “cover crops” that grow during the off-season and are not harvested, improving how farmers use fertilizer and manure, and planting trees. Here, manure is put into a digester to be turned into biofuel at Vanguard Renewables in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on Jan.

article thumbnail

Coalition Letter Supporting USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins

NASDA

Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas. She continues to raise livestock today and is now passing her passion for agriculture on to her children, who are also involved in FFA and showing steers. Custom Harvesters, Inc. Apple Association U.S.

Grain 147