Conservation
DFA’s $46 million USDA grant empowers small farms to lead in conservation, lowering barriers to sustainable practices and connecting producers to premium, emerging market opportunities for a resilient future.
As USDA and HHS rolled out a $700 million regenerative ag pilot, the real story unfolds behind closed doors. Missouri dairy farmers Jon and Brittany Hemme share what they heard and what it means for producers.
Technology overhaul, staffing upgrades at the local level and program tweaks aim to improve service for 23,000 farmers.
Following White House directives, USDA is honoring existing contracts with farmers, releasing approximately $20 million for the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).
Nothing goes to waste on the 6,000 acres of Royal Family Farms.
Progress has been made toward no-till, reduced tillage and cover crop adoption, but one expert says it may not be enough to overcome existing social, financial and technical barriers to adoption
Paul Neiffer reviews the important updates to the new Farm Bill proposals from the House Ag Committee.
Scope 3 is all the buzz lately in the world of sustainability. A company’s emissions are broken down into three scopes. Scope 3 covers indirect emissions from a company’s upstream and downstream supply chain.
Shop around if you’re interested in participating in a carbon program. Just make sure you have a learning mindset and a healthy level of skepticism in order to find the right one.
Trust In Food recently met with Dorrich Dairy’s Suzanne Vold to learn why she removed her work boots and gloves to attend talks around agriculture and its impact on climate at GreenBiz’s VERGE conference.
AgWeb and Trust In Food’s beta Climate-Smart Opportunity Navigator is matching producers with Climate-Smart Commodities grants tailored to their operation.
COP28’s decision to not include food and agriculture as a way to meet climate goals was influenced by a request from the G77 group of developing countries for additional review related to agriculture and food.
As global dairy companies set a new goal to trace and reduce emissions, U.S. dairy researchers say feeding a small amount of red seaweed may be the secret to cutting methane emissions from dairy cattle by up to half.
Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, joined the stage at the 2023 International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit in Chicago. Vilsack said that climate-smart agriculture creates an enormous opportunity for dairy.
Dr. Carl Zulauf of Ohio State University, via a FarmDoc Daily article, proposes merging General CRP and Continuous CRP into a Site Specific CRP.
The USDA is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity. Several businesses within the dairy sector will receive these grants.
Could this Australian dairy become the world’s first carbon-neutral farm?
As greenhouse gas emissions have continued to grow over the years, one commonly suggested solution to reduce greenhouse gas output has been to reduce or eliminate the dairy industry in favor of plant production.
Ohio’s MVP Dairy takes an innovate approach to business.
A loose coalition of industry partners and others helped operators achieve their conservation goals.
