Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Just like carbon programs for crops, do plenty of homework on carbon credits for forestry.

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Food Politics

MAY 7, 2024

Note: it’s 94 pages) Title summaries Certainty for All Farmers Conservation Trade Promotion and International Food Aid Nutrition Credit Rural Development Research Forestry Energy Horticulture Miscellaneous The House Committee’s counter-proposal is available here. (Note: it’s vague on details) A section-by-section is here.

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NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

Further reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the agricultural and forestry supply chain will require a comprehensive effort involving financial and technical assistance, research investments, proactive response to innovation, public-private partnerships, and a commitment to equitable opportunities for all producers. We urge the U.S.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this episode, hear from: Debra Conlon, Grain Farmers of Ontario, on Bill C-234, currently under consideration by the Senate ag and forestry committee, and an update on fertilizer. For RealAgriculture, that means the return of RealAg Politics. For RealAgriculture, that means the return of RealAg Politics. Read More

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While development, forestry, and climate change all contribute to wetland loss, draining for agriculture has been the single biggest cause since the 1800s. AAS: How are wetlands being threatened? STACY WOODS: The US has lost half of its wetlands since its founding.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Photo credit: Lindsey Scalera This week, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) published a directory of crop insurance agents that specialize in selling Whole-Farm Revenue Protection. To be included in the list, crop insurance agents self-identified themselves as willing WFRP and Micro Farm agents.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

food and agricultural goods, including grains, oilseeds, feed, meat and dairy products, produce, and other specialty crops. Those criteria should include but not be limited to the following: • Maintain reasonable and equitable market access to U.S. Refrain from excessive domestic agricultural subsidies that decrease U.S. market access.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Begin by assessing the purpose of your landwhether it's for crop production, livestock grazing, forestry, or a combination of activities. Takeaways: Identify the type of farming you want to pursue (crop, livestock, mixed). Consider the size of the land you need based on your farming plans.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Reports, Publications, and Research In February, NSAC launched Unsustainable: State of the Farm Safety Net which features a comprehensive analysis of the accessibility and concentration of public dollars distributed through crop insurance premium subsidies, commodity programs, and ad-hoc disaster assistance.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

To others, they represent an inefficient use of land and would be much better put under forestry or bioenergy crops to help the nation meet its net zero targets. To some, they are largely a wet desert, devoid of biodiversity and in desperate need of a ‘return’ to their original wooded state. more nuanced positions.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As general manager of EnviraPAC Monticello, his focus is on a business venture that superheats sustainable forestry management residuals to create a highly carbonized product called biochar. I figured at least I can make sure the local people know it’s available, the conservation districts, crop advisors, anybody advising the producers.”

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Some will have challenges as they seek operating credit for the 2025 crop year. Since the beginning of the year, the harvest price of major crops traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange have fallen by an average of 21% while total production costs remain near record levels. USDA forecasts the U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The IRA funds target climate-smart agriculture and forestry, with FY2023 marking the first year that these funds were used to fund CSP contracts that included climate-smart practices. IRA Expanded CSP’s Footprint The IRA provided an additional $19.5 billion over five years to bolster USDA conservation programs , including $3.25

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As an example, Cover Crop is a basic Conservation Practice that NRCS compensates producers for in multiple conservation programs. As an example, NRCS considers the use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter an enhancement on the basic Cover Crop practice. B000CPL24).

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

NASDA is also a steering member of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA), founded in 2020 to ensure that stakeholders across the agriculture and forestry value chain have a seat at the table in federal climate policy discussions. NASDA supports the recommendations and comments related to this request for information filed by FACA.

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Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

If you follow national climate news, you have probably seen a lot of splashy information on the 5th National Climate Assessment, which was released Tuesday morning to a lot of acclaim and a huge roll-out of information about the changing climate in the United States. I was one of the authors of the Southeast chapter, […] Read More

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ProAg

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

USDA data reveals the state’s soybean growers finished harvesting their crop the week ending November 5. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says heat and drought adversely affected yields in the state’s early harvest efforts, leading to abysmal 10 to 12-bushel-per-acre yields.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 9, 2024

They both have extensive lived experience as land stewards, as well as deep multi-generational connections to agriculture and forestry stewardship. Thankfully, we have some old heads still around that let us know and have taught us when to plant root crops, above the ground crops, when to seed, and when to pull weeds.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Consistent with a bipartisan request from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, USDA is utilizing funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to address challenges related to trade and food insecurity impacting U.S. farmers and the international community. USDA will use $1.3

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Forestry : Forests play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration. This priority area will accept proposals for climate smart forestry and agroforestry in one of the following two areas: agroforestry and climate resilience. potatoes, onions, sugar beets, and other root crops).

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The Lunatic Farmer

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Agriculture and forestry represent Virginia’s largest economic sector, accounting for 442,000 jobs and a yearly economic impact of $91 billion. A Spanish idiom our family learned during our time in Venezuela during the 1950s roughly translates to “tell them any old silly.” I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In practice, separate IRA and Farm Bill funding pools mean that farmers hoping to implement Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) practices, conservation activities that have long been available in EQIP and CSP, will receive funding from the IRA pool created within the conservation program they apply to. Appendix Table 1.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Other posts explore how the next farm bill can tackle issues in regional market development, crop insurance access, and more. A review of the research projects awarded through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) and AFRI from 2009-2023 shows that the allocation for organic research does not meet the ongoing need.

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Farming Secrets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

By having cover crops or perennial crops or forested or wooded areas the oxidising effect of tillage is avoided. Cruciferous crop planted into a cover crop of nitrogen fixing clover. Mine are in order of impact: Cover crops to keep all the ground covered all of the time. What will be your top strategies?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Last week’s post highlighted the stories of farmers who have used practices from the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practice list to build climate resilience and mitigation solutions. They were lucky enough to have crop insurance to cover their losses, but many farmers are not so lucky.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumption of crops or animals grown on PFAS-contaminated land puts humans at high risk of illness. A series of special fundraisers and an emergency relief fund helped to keep farms afloat in the aftermath of the discovery, and since then, some have changed what they grow or altered their crops.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Since 2017, the cooperative has been piloting new ways to collect, process, and market tree crops, with the goal of catalyzing a local nut-based economy. European settlers also made use of wild tree crops, particularly black walnuts, and Holt says numerous companies processed and sold them through the middle of the 20th century.

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AgriLife Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

Texas Crop and Weather Report – Aug. 8, 2023 The Texas timber sector has experienced ebbs and flows of supply and demand and other market forces, but new products and opportunities are adding value to trees, said a Texas A&M Forest Service expert. Fiber grown, managed, harvested, processed and manufactured around the state continues to.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. The History of US Seed Breeding For most of the history of domesticated crops, those who grew crops saved seeds from one growing season to the next.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

For example, if you want to know how much CO2 equivalent will be sequestered for cover cropping one acre in Travis County, Texas, entering 1 acre in the model will yield zero. This means that one acre of cover crop on irrigated farmland with a 25% reduction in nitrogen fertilizer will sequester 0.27 tonnes per year, not zero.

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ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is opening a third ranking signup period for Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) climate-smart agriculture and forestry funding in Rhode Island under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Apply by May 17, 2024, to be considered for funding in the current cycle.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For the first time ever, signals produced by a plant’s physiological response to infection will be linked to optimized crop treatments delivered with John Deere See & Spray(™) technology. Early detection of fungal disease infections is a challenge Globally, crops are attacked by fungal diseases that result in substantial yield losses.

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The Equation

APRIL 4, 2023

This legislation covers everything from crop insurance to conservation to forestry to nutrition , so over the past few months I’ve been learning a lot! Now that I’ve joined UCS I’ve plunged into the world of food security within the United States, which means I’m looking at the food and farm bill in a whole new light.

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Agwired

MARCH 27, 2024

In a move to bolster safety by users of off-highway equipment in the agriculture, construction, utility, forestry and mining industries, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) introduces a free online safety toolkit tailored to promote safety awareness, education, and training for operators of the equipment. AgBiome, Inc. ,

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

Earlier this year, the Carbon Harvest partners wrapped up an agroforestry pilot program that helped four local farms, including Good Wheel, integrate trees with their crops and livestock. million tons of offsets purchased by Microsoft in fiscal year 2021–22, for example, were tied to forestry initiatives. (A agriculture.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Access to credit allows farmers to purchase the supplies they need and to get crops in the ground before the fruits of that labor are available. This post examines access to credit for farmers. Farming is one of the hardest careers to pursue, in-part due to high startup costs.

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