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Diversifying rotations for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 23, 2024

Bottom line: more crops better. Anthropocene Magazine has a handy summary of recent research into crop diversity on the North China Plain. Bottom line: adding more crops to the current dominant rotation of wheat and maize increases yields and profits, sequesters more carbon in the soil and reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse

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Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to Sell Camelina Seed

Agwired

AUGUST 30, 2023

to sell Camelina sativa (camelina) seed – an ultra-low carbon oilseed crop that can be used as feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable fuels, and an ingredient for sustainable animal feed. Camelina can be planted on fallow land or land left idle between crop cycles. Sustainable Oils President Mike Karst said.

Seeding

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High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Higher temperatures can speed crop growth and increase demands on the soil. Close plant spacings, quick crop successions, and extended seasons, typical in tunnel production, add to those demands. With increased crop successions comes increased soil preparation and tillage that can impact soil structure.

Compost

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How to Improve Long-Term Soil Health on Your Farm

Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. There are several types of crop rotation that farmers can implement to maximize the benefits of this practice. Use cover crops. The importance of cover crops lies in their ability to protect and improve soil health.

Crop Rotation

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Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data

DTN

AUGUST 29, 2023

Scope 3 reporting requirements Upcoming Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 3 emission reporting requirements will entail companies to report the amount of carbon emitted during the production of the ingredients they purchased. EcoField data uses the most comprehensive, field-level data on more than 50 sustainable agriculture practices and inputs.

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

Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s Note: Sorghum is not a well-known crop in the states, but this drought-tolerant crop could be a farm-saving plant in regions like the American Great Plains. Like many of the neighboring farms in his northeast corner of Oklahoma, his corn crop practically shriveled up due to the lack of moisture. Credit: Peggy Greb.

Grain

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Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability. In cropping systems, it may include increasing structural diversity of the crops themselves, as by having cut and uncut strips of alfalfa.

Agriculture

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

However, critics highlight their outsized environmental impact, including excessive water use and pollution caused by concentrated waste, as well as greenhouse gas emissions. Local dairy also supports the North Coast economy, which has been impacted by price collapses in cannabis, one of the region’s primary cash crops.

Pasture

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A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It’s one thing the Biden administration, agribusiness leaders, soil scientists and environmentalists all agree on: farmers across the country should plant cover crops. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack , cover crops are being asked to do something new and high-stakes: draw atmospheric carbon into the soil to help fight climate change.

Agriculture

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

The heroes are new cover crops, nitrogen producing microbes for crops and gene editing to produce never-been-possible-before products and traits.” Ag-tech that is smart, innovative and actually improves or increases the quality, productivity or profitability of crop and livestock production will find a market and eager adopters.”

Technology

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Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

Carbon markets were first created decades ago as a means for companies to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by paying to reduce emissions somewhere else. In fact, the two practices that dominate current markets—no-till and cover crops—require herbicides to succeed in the way they’re practiced on most commodity farms.

Pesticide

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Palestine in the spotlight: The devastation of farming in Gaza and the West Bank

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Before 7 th October 2023 , farms and orchards covered almost half of Gaza’s total land area and more than 7,500 greenhouses contributed to an agricultural sector normally worth over $575m a year. Gazans had been encouraged over the years to produce cash crops for export using extractive methods, as has been widespread across the world.

Farming

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Power of State Policymaking The Cohort for Rural Opportunity and Prosperity (CROP)—a subset of SiX’s Agriculture and Food Systems program—currently includes elected officials from 43 states who are positioned to advance socially and ecologically responsible rural, agricultural, and food policy.

Agriculture

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Diversifying rotations for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to Sell Camelina Seed

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground

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Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

Palestine in the spotlight: The devastation of farming in Gaza and the West Bank

These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

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