Distribution, Manure and Pesticide - Agriculture Informer

Pro Tips for Livestock Health, Care, and Wellness

Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Chemical hazards may arise from exposure to pesticides, feed additives, or contaminants in water sources, making regular testing and proper handling essential. Chemical Hazards - Chemical hazards may arise from exposure to pesticides, feed additives, drug residues, herbicides, environmental toxins, or contaminants in water sources.

Livestock

Livestock Manure Farming Farming

20 Sustainable Sips to Cheer For

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides.

Beverage

Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation

Whose Farm Is More Sustainable? Calculating Farm Sustainability.

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., Small-area estimation uses EO to distribute projected data to grid squares, ZIP codes, and fields. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

Farming

Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain

Can Mushrooms Help Extinguish Toxic Waste?

Modern Farmer

MARCH 4, 2024

Distributed at music festivals and public events and in municipalities throughout Belgium, France and Luxembourg, the upcycled product, which looks like a hollowed-out wheel of camembert, brings the process full circle by reining in the world’s most discarded waste item.

Cultivation

Cultivation Production Manufacturing Textiles

Investment in Climate Smart Agriculture Slowed by California’s Deficit Budget Plan

CalCAN

JUNE 28, 2023

The Alternative Manure Management Program ( AMMP ) that reduces methane emissions on dairy and livestock operations includes no funding at all for 2023-24. Another challenge of these large budget swings is having the administrative systems and staff in place to distribute the funds. The budget includes no funding at all for FY 2023-24.

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Distribution Manure

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

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Processing and distributing these energy products release additional greenhouse gases, as well as when we create electricity, cook our food, or while we’re standing still idling in traffic on a highway or downtown in any metropolitan area. There is fossil carbon in the form of natural gas (methane), oil and coal.

Cattle

Cattle Processing Livestock Production

GAP Certification 101

Farmbrite

MARCH 14, 2023

It does that through an audit of a food products' growing, handling, packaging, and distribution. It allows you to continue producing, packaging, and distributing safe goods. Properly store and contain the manure. Ensure a minimum of 120 days before harvest using raw manure.

Harvest

Harvest Harvester Harvesting Food

From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

One of the core functions of the USDA, upon its foundation in 1862, was the collection and public distribution of germplasm , or seeds. By the end of the 19th century, a third of USDA’s budget was devoted to germplasm collection and distribution. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

Seeding

Seeding Agriculture Agriculture Food

PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sir Albert Howard, who developed the scientific aerobic composting method and brought it to the world in his iconic 1943 book, An Agricultural Testament , wrote “Artificial manures [that’s what he called chemical fertilizer] lead inevitably to artificial nutrition, artificial food, artificial animals, and finally to artificial men and women.”

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Food

125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation. By combining interdisciplinary research, policy innovation, and collaboration, GFI aims to reimagine how food is grown, distributed, and consumed for a healthier planet and better lives.

Food

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism

Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

May 1st marked the official signing of SB 1084, a bill that makes it illegal to sell, distribute, create or otherwise possess lab-grown meat. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the same farmers struggling with the effects of climate change, like drought, are revolting against stricter regulations on pollution from livestock manure.

Cultivation

Cultivation Cattle Science Ranching

How Four Years of Biden Reshaped Food and Farming

Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2025

Over the past four years, the Biden administrations priorities have centered on spending billions of dollars on food and farm infrastructure, paying farmers to implement climate-smart practices, finalizing new regulations related to the environment , labor, food safety , and nutrition, and distributing more dollars to food insecure families.