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. John Reese brings the boundless energy of a born salesman and a passion for every project he does.

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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 12, 2023

Biochar is a charcoal-like substance made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes (wood chips, logging slash, manure, or other plant byproducts) in a low-oxygen environment. Fugagli explained how costly fertilizer may be doing more harm than good. We’ve killed all the microbiology in the way we grow food.

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Compost Fertilizer Processing Forestry 111

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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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. Loving fertilized with the ash of its stewards, the forest is cleansed of excessive pests and invasives safely for established growth to flourish.

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NASDA

JANUARY 9, 2024

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry U.S. Dairy Export Council U.S. Dry Bean Council U.S. Meat Export Federation US Pea and Lentil Trade Association US Rice Producers Association U.S. Wheat Associates USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council USA Rice CC: U.S. Wheat Associates USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council USA Rice CC: U.S.

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The Lunatic Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2022

Many people either buy or locate onto property with neglected, overgrown, forest encroached, or low fertility pastures. As you can imagine, the conventional orthodoxy of tillage, planting seeds, and spreading fertilizer is not my protocol. I created the content, outline, filming schedule and picked the locations where we’d film.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The biosolids created as sewage breaks down can be used as fertilizer on farmland, a practice that the Environmental Protection Agency still touts as “beneficial,” even though spreading these highly toxic chemicals across farmland allows the compounds to leach into the groundwater, contaminate crops grown on the land, and affect grazing animals.

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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. fertilizer or feed). Forests store carbon in trees, shrubs, and soil.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Director, Public Policy (571) 447-5324 RJ.Karney@nasda.org Sender: Agricultural Coalition Subject: Farm Bill Letter Download The post Farm Bill Coalition Letter appeared first on NASDA.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With a bigger staff and a new executive director, they also educate the community, create quality natural fertilizers, and take compost to a new level, all while remaining human-powered. Six years later, Soil Cycle has gone from Lewis picking up scraps from a few clients to six bikers transporting upwards of 60,000 pounds of compost per year.

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The sector includes commodity crop traders, meat and poultry processors, fertilizer and pesticide makers, multinational food and beverage companies, giant supermarket chains, and all of their related trade associations. ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. David Scott (D-Ga.), Clearly, Rep.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

This means that one acre of cover crop on irrigated farmland with a 25% reduction in nitrogen fertilizer will sequester 0.27 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. tonnes per year, not zero.

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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.

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Agwired

APRIL 10, 2024

Department of Agriculture published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. This recognition from The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) marks a significant milestone as PrimAgro C-Tech becomes the inaugural product to receive such acclaim.

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Manufacturing Greenhouse Technology Science 49

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Urban soils are often nutrient-poor and depleted, but with proper soil management, they can become fertile ground for planting relatively quickly. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, under the authority of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. Remediate your soils. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Most activities associated with farming, ranching, and forestry can be exempted from the Clean Water Act if the operator obtains a permit to pollute. A primary cause of these nonpoint sources is runoff from nitrogen fertilizer on cropland. full_link LEARN MORE Find out why climate change has intensified fertilizer runoff.

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Farming Secrets

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The same applies for CO2 in the atmosphere adds to the greenhouse gas effect, however carbon sequestered in the soil from the atmosphere via photosynthesis has many co-benefits to build soil fertility and soil structure so that the soil can retain more water. So, if it can’t be measured it does not exist!

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

According to OurWorldInData , agriculture, forestry, and land use directly account for 18.4% of greenhouse gas emissions – conventional farming methods such as tractor usage and fertilizer production rely heavily on fossil fuels, and approximately 90% of global deforestation is caused by agriculture.

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Technology Greenhouse Crop Agriculture 52

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. STACY WOODS: The US has lost half of its wetlands since its founding.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Most activities associated with farming, ranching, and forestry can be exempted from the Clean Water Act if the operator obtains a permit to pollute. A primary cause of these nonpoint sources is runoff from nitrogen fertilizer on cropland.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

He used a conventional approach: He diligently mowed his animals’ pastures to control weeds, added lime to make the soil less acidic, and applied fertilizer to boost productivity. million tons of offsets purchased by Microsoft in fiscal year 2021–22, for example, were tied to forestry initiatives. (A agriculture. it doesn’t work.”

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AGRIVI

JUNE 28, 2023

Tools and Practices to Combat Emissions from Farming According to the latest McKinsey report on ‘Agriculture and Climate Change,’ over one-quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions originate from agriculture, forestry, and land-use change.

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Agwired

APRIL 8, 2024

The two-day meeting featured remarks from Dairy Management Incorporated CEO Barb O’Brien, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Matt Lohr, Virginia Senator Timmy French, National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Chair Joanna Shipp, CoBank Dairy Economist Corey Geiger, James Farrell & Co. CEO Jeff Vandel, and numerous others.

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Cattle Science Food Forestry 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

That means that when there is a heavy rainstorm, the soil will keep absorbing it even while less fertile soils let the rain (and associated nutrients) wash off into nearby bodies of water. Such practices can also reduce nitrous oxide emissions, in part by reducing the need to apply synthetic fertilizers.

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Ranching Greenhouse Crop Pasture 72

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. His fields are managed with multi-species grazing for four or five years to help them rebuild their fertility between other crops.

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Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 101

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

White paper bags festooned the taller trees, their flowers covered to manage fertilization. On fields that glowed bean-pod green in the upstate humidity, thousands of chestnut trees grew in varying stages of reproduction, healing, and death. The blight cankers on these trees don’t grow big enough to girdle them.

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biotechnology Ecology Technology Food 125

OECD: Environment

MAY 30, 2023

by Sho Yamasaki, OECD Environment Directorate Israel is one of the world’s most arid countries, but its small open economy is fertile ground for tech-driven innovation. Meeting the 2030 and 2050 climate targets calls for additional measures Note : GHG emissions exclude land use, land-use change and forestry.

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Technology Forestry Construction Compost 52

Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This may be due to the high levels of nitrogenous fertilizer used on our farms. Alternative economic enterprises like small-scale forestry (up to 10% of the land area), tourism or leisure could be introduced. The village drain is no longer adequate to cope with modern living. I ask two questions: 1. Would the planners help?

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

22-caliber shells he’d purchased online from a forestry supply store in Colorado. From the late Middle Ages until very recently, “out of place” meant anywhere that might inconvenience agriculture: “The noisome weeds, which without profit suck; The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers,” as the Gardener said in Shakespeare’s Richard II.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 14, 2025

The loss of ARS staff and associated research will reverberate for decades and undermines much needed innovation in agriculture and forestry. It has saved our farm a couple of times because it’s allowed us to implement programs and conservation that have allowed us to cut inputs like herbicides and fertilizers and things.

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Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture Rural Development 104

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. They work with companies along the agricultural, food, and forestry supply chains, helping them implement practices that are better for workers and the planet.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. In contrast, today’s dominant players genetically engineer and mass produce seed alongside complementary inputs including fertilizers and pesticides. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

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Seeding Food Agriculture Agriculture 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

However, the inclusion of “precision irrigation and fertilization” broadly as an example of practices that may be eligible for a discount is concerning. 7110, 7113, 7213). Creates an Organic Agriculture Research Coordinator within the Office of the Chief Scientist (Sec. 11103, 11208).

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Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

It is important that we embrace the notion of climate-smart agriculture and forestry, but to do that, we’ve got to get the science and the innovation right. resembling commodity agriculture systems based on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. We have to have accurate, reliable measurements of the impact.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

We need her leadership now at USDA to advocate for a new farm bill, stabilize an agricultural economy in decline, support the full food and agriculture and forestry value chain, and continue American agricultures long history of providing the most secure, affordable and nutritious food supply in the world.

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Grain Seeding Ruralism Poultry 147

National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The environmental impact of precision agriculture is not yet understood, but it can potentially increase energy use and the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. This marks the latest step in the ongoing process of shaping the next Farm Bill.

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