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Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

Civil Eats

Additionally, we published a four-part series examining the challenges and potential of kelp as a regenerative crop, a four-part series on the power and impact of the pesticide industry, and a five-part series looking at how the climate crisis is affecting restaurants, asking ourselves: What is a climate-conscious restaurant, if that even exists?

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Op-ed: The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape Hatch

Civil Eats

It also necessitates petroleum-based pesticides, from fungicides to herbicides, to ward off weeds and stop sprouting. Another 38 percent comes from retail consumption and waste; and the rest is from industrial inputs (like pesticides and fertilizer) and agriculture production. Irrigation and farm equipment also depend on fossil fuels.

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Farm Income Outlook for 2025 

Trimble Agriculture

Livestock producers, especially cattle ranchers, will likely benefit from strong cattle prices and lower feed costs. Input Costs Costs for feed, fertilizer, and pesticides are stabilizing or decreasing, helping to offset financial strain. Farm labor costs remain high, which may challenge profitability for some operations.

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Intern reflection: Samuel Hadacek

NASDA

Growing up on a Virginia sheep and cattle farm with two veterinarians as parents made me realize early on that what goes on in the rooms of policymakers has real effects for the boots-on-the-ground of the industry. It is certainly an exciting time to be an intern in Washington, D.C.,

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A Real Solution to the Cattle Industry’s ‘Methane Problem’

UnderstandingAg

First, the way in which cattle are raised in modern dairying, and in confined animal feedlots is highly dependent upon fossil fuels. The post A Real Solution to the Cattle Industry’s ‘Methane Problem’ appeared first on Understanding Ag. Misplaced ‘cow shaming’ So how and why do cows get blamed for global warming? We listen to her.

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Cattle market outlook featured at 62nd Blackland Income Growth Conference

AgriLife Today

Pesticide applicator recertification also offered Beef producers will learn more about the 2024 cattle market outlook at the 62nd Blackland Income Growth Conference Jan. Read More → The post Cattle market outlook featured at 62nd Blackland Income Growth Conference first appeared on AgriLife Today. Cost is $25 for the Jan.

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It’s not the plough, but the how!

Sustainable Food Trust

Richard reports, stunningly, that he is sequestering 10 times more carbon than the farm is omitting, and this is despite the fact that he built his fertility with beef cattle. I find it sinister and rather shocking that the chemical companies refer to pesticides as plant protection products. That is also Roundup.