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Op Ed: Science Is the Best Measure of Safe Food
As part of a Canadian delegation to Europe last month, Don Kenny, chair of the Guelph-based Grain Farmers of Ontario, stood alongside federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and others, imploring the European Union to take a science-based approach to agricultural trade and genetically modified crops. Any decisions made in Europe about restricting Canadian imports should be based on scientific study, not theoretical threats or public pressure, they said.
November 19, 2020 08:23 PM
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USDA Observes the Anniversary of Agreement to Cut Dairy Farm Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today commemorated the one year anniversary of an historic agreement to help U.S. dairy producers cut greenhouse gas emissions.
November 19, 2020 08:22 PM
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Kreider Farms Announces Groundbreaking of Animal Waste Treatment Facility, the First-of-its-Kind in Pennsylvania
Byline: Benzinga StaffMANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kreider Farms, one of Pennsylvania’s largest dairyfarms, announces the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar livestock waste treatment system as part of a joint venture with Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. Located at Kreider’s Farm in Manheim, Pa., the Cleantech facility is the first of its kind in the state and is designed to treat and recycle manure from the Farms’ 2,000 dairy cows in an eco-friendly manner. Bion’s patented technology provides a solution to the pollution associated with livestock operations, eliminating most of theenvironmental impacts of animal waste, including excess nutrients, ammonia, phosphorus, and greenhouse gases.
November 19, 2020 08:21 PM
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Greenhouse Gases: Greener Pastures and Better Breeds Could Reduce Carbon ‘Hoofprint’
November 19, 2020 08:20 PM
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Genetically Altered Food in Spotlight
Thursday September 23, 2010WASHINGTON -- We ve always played with our food -- even before we knew about genes or how to change them.For thousands of years, humans have practiced selective breeding -- pairing the beefiest bull with the healthiest heifers to start a new herd. That concept was refined to develop plant hybridization and artificial insemination. Today we ve got tastier corn on sturdier stalks, bigger turkeys and meatier cattle.Now comes an Atlantic salmon that is genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as a regular salmon. If U.S. regulators approve it, the fish would be the first such scientifically altered animal to reach the dinner plate.Scientists have already determined that it s safe to eat. They are weighing other factors, including environmental risks, after two days of intense hearings.
November 19, 2020 08:20 PM
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Forecasting the Fate of Fertilizer in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
November 19, 2020 08:20 PM
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Researchers alter cow diets to help environment
Pennsylvania State University researchers are experimenting with sophisticated diets to reduce harmful pollutants that emerge from, ahem, both ends of the cow.
November 19, 2020 08:20 PM
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Sustainability
Evaluate Soil Economics
The Soil Health Partnership (SHP) is an initiative of the National Corn Growers Association that is testing conservation practices on farms using 20- to 80-acre plots.
November 15, 2020 02:58 PM
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Vegetables
Analysis: Details of 2009-Crop Disaster Aid Set by USDA
Aid for poultry, aquaculture producers also included
November 15, 2020 02:54 PM
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Opinion
Has America Hit Peak Pumpkin?
The obsession with pumpkin spice is now worth roughly $500,000 annually and its use is up tenfold since 2004. But, is peak pumpkin on the way?
November 13, 2020 12:12 AM
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