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Whose Farm Is More Sustainable? Calculating Farm Sustainability.

DTN

Trackable events include plowing, minimum-till cultivation, crop rotation, crop type, cover crop presence, irrigation events, harvest date, and crop residue presence. The CO 2 e is used to standardize emissions from all types of greenhouse gases (e.g.,

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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5 According to FAO, plastic films such as black mulch and greenhouse covers account for the bulk of annual global use, at more than 8 million tons. As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent.

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

Food Environment and Reporting Network

But as the hype for cover crops mounts, so does the scrutiny. New research suggests that cover crops may struggle to make a significant dent in agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers, using satellite data, found that cash crop yields in the corn belt dropped significantly—on average 5.5