Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Animal agriculture contributes a significant amount of global greenhouse gases. Certainly, technology today has made agriculture more climate resilient than where we were yesterday, and I think sorghum has a key and positive story to play in that,” he said. Whether that be greenhouse gases, water, or, importantly, biodiversity.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

As I already said, they increase organic matter and improve soil structure, and leguminous covers can add nitrogen to the soil for the next crop without increasing salinity. Cover crops can also help break some pest and disease cycles. But it’s difficult for growers to sacrifice valuable high tunnel space for a non-cash crop.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vipula Shukla, GATES FOUNDATION Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture R&D, THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION : “The hero is always the progressive, technology-driven farmer/producer who understands what does and does not add value to their operation. Crops take time to grow. HarvestHero is winning, barely.

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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.

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