Sustainability
Indiana farmer Kip Tom challenges farmers to do more with less.
U.S. imports of Mexican beef increased by 268% to make Mexico the fourth largest source of U.S. beef imports. But as Mexico builds export markets, what does the future hold for U.S.-Mexico cattle trade?
Of prime importance in the fight against hunger is getting governments worldwide to see the value of farmers, says philanthropist and farmer Howard G. Buffett.
Howard W. Buffett offers a sneak peek of planting preparation on his no-till farm near Tekamah, Neb., and talks about why he chose farming over every other profession.
Leading CEOs from companies like Monsanto, Cargill and Dairy Farmers of America, pledge to increase sustainable food production and launch recycling fund.
Introduced by Sustainable Technologies, the VariSun Controller uses captured sunlight to power irrigation pumps.
Debates about food and fuel are often framed in absolutes: Corn is either for ethanol or for livestock feed.
Simply achieving “sustainability” is not good enough. We must have the research, technology and production practices to go beyond sustainability.
Though agriculture has become increasingly volatile during the last decade and risk management has never been more critical to farm and ranch sustainability, farmers are lucky.
Dried distillers’ grains are familiar to livestock producers, who use them as feed. But an Alaska brewer has figured out a way to use them to make more beer.
Georgia wants more water. Here’s how they want to get it.
Virginia Tech researchers generate energy in a new way from a fuel source that’s 13 billion years old.
Released in April 2013, the 25x'25 Adaptation Work Group’s report presents a variety of pathways for building resilience to climate change.
13 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law
Jay and Cara Myers of Colfax, North Dakota are no strangers of technology. Farming in the state can be challenging due to a smaller window to plant and harvest. That’s why these 2014 Top Producer of the Year Candidates want to make every acre count. As the remaining bushels of the 2017 crop gets shut in the bin, this North Dakota farm family is turning toward more pressing issues. AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben has the story.
Mother Nature always likes to have her own way but farmers can now have more say over how much water stays in or out of their fields, thanks to the use of controlled drainage technology. The basic concept with controlled drainage is that a water-control structure attached to traditional tile can be used like a dam in farmers’ fields, says Crop-Tech agronomist Isaac Ferrie. When gated with stacked baffles, the structures allow you to release water when you don’t want it in the field, like during planting or harvest, or to hold it back for a crop’s use when rainfall is sc
Farms on the Kansas High Plains have long produced a bevy of crops and livestock, from wheat and corn to cattle and hogs. Now, a new type of operation is taking root in the southwest and northwest parts of the state called water technology farms. Last year, Tom Willis established the first of what are now 15 water technology farms in Kansas on his grain and forage operation, T&O Farms, LLC, based near Garden City. Willis, a Finney County farmer and ethanol business owner, says through the three-year pilot research program he hopes to reduce the total amount of water he uses to produce crops by 50%.
Gestation stalls, manure application and antibiotics took center stage during a panel at the 2017 Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Kansas City, Mo.
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.
The event will convene more than 500 leaders from across the food supply chain to discuss strategies for continuous on-farm improvement and scaling of best practices.
Producers say field practices need improvement as food buyers seek sustainability
Arkansas rice producer Jennifer James earned the agricultural sustainability group’s 2017 Farmer of the Year Award, while the 2017 Collaboration of the Year Award went to Kellogg Company, Syngenta and The Nature Conservancy.
Farms on the Kansas High Plains have long produced a bevy of crops and livestock, from wheat and corn to cattle and hogs. Now, a new type of operation is taking root in the southwest and northwest parts of the state called water technology farms.
California is using diesel brewed from fats and oils to fuel everything from fire trucks to United Parcel Service Inc. delivery vehicles.
Climate change is expected to reduce the growth and stature of big bluestem, a dominant prairie grass, by up to 60% over the next 75 years.
Last week we looked at the many real benefits and advantages of no-till farming.
