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Cover crops can greatly benefit your farming operation, but they require “many considerations” before making that optimal selection, according to Kansas State University Extension researchers Anita Dille and DeAnn Presley. The two recently tackled this subject in K-State’s “eUpdate” newsletter.
This million investment is in addition to existing funding for programs like the Environmental Quality Initiatives Program (EQIP), Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
Most people saw an abandoned intercity parking lot. Benjamin Kant saw opportunity.
Beef’s documented sustainability improvements offer an opportunity to engage consumers.
Many hands make light the load. This sentiment has inspired hundreds of volunteers to participate in the twice-annual “Wabash Sampling Blitz,” which collects water samples from 206 sites across the Wabash River Watershed.
The death of meaningful U.S. immigration reform, done in by Washington partisanship and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s incendiary comments on foreigners, is leaving crops withering in the field and the farm lobby with nowhere to turn as a labor shortage intensifies.
Mark Diederichs wiped a splatter of manure from his arm as four Hispanic workers guided the next 44 cows into stalls, swabbed each animal’s teats with neon-blue disinfectant and attached computer-controlled milking-machine units.
Do you agree with the following statement: “I have access to all the information I want about where my food comes from, how it’s produced and its safety”? A new study from the Center for Food Integrity (CFI) says only a minority of consumers do.
Many dairy farms have experienced shortages in forage supplies from drought conditions over the past two years. These shortages have resulted in wildly swinging rations.
Feeding high levels of forage requires a positive mindset of the entire farm team.
Even the best rations can be undermined by management issues and unknown or unaccounted-for herd dynamics.
Energy independence has been a goal of every president since Richard Nixon, but it remains elusive.
How can the next farm bill keep U.S. producers competitive in good times - and bad? The Global Harvest Initiative has some ideas.
When asked to imagine a lake, most people would think of something calm and relaxing. But trouble is brewing in 4 out of every 10 U.S. lakes, according to a recent assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Howard Buffett won’t stand for re-election at April meeting. He will continue to work on his foundation focused on agriculture.
The gospel of high yields at all costs has a new apostate. A switch to a no till cover crop system changed Johnny Hunter’s entire management dynamic and provided a booster shot to weed control, irrigation efficiency and overall soil health.
Farmers and ranchers in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas hired less help this year.
A woman who illegally helped immigrants work at dairy farms in Michigan’s Thumb region was sentenced Wednesday to two years and three months in federal prison.
California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation’s leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock.
If we dig beneath the surface, we soon see that taking care of our soil has to become a global priority, especially in the regions where climate change hits hardest and food insecurity is still rife.
Farmers are finding renewed interest in renewable energy.
In a new, three-year, $710,000 federally funded study, UF/IFAS researchers will use lab and field studies to investigate how pasture management and factors such as temperature and rainfall affect soil microbes.
State authorities have charged the owner of a dairy farm in central New York where a 14-year-old was killed last year, crushed under a hydraulic lift.
Beef production needs to think outside the box.
We need to guide beef production and other farm and ranch production into the future.
It’s mere days before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro begin, and Julio Natalense is excited for the athletes about to compete on this world stage – but he’s just as excited about a herd of cattle several hundred miles to the north in the Brazilian state of Matto Grosso. Why?
The tech geeks of the world are all talking this week about a John Deere announcement and video that the company plans to unveil a fully electric, high-power tractor at next February’s Paris International Agribusiness Show. Company officials say the tractor has “the features and functionality of a classic tractor, while providing the benefits of electricity.”
IFAD’s chief says continent needs vibrant agriculture sector.
Equip workers to stay ahead of fast-moving agtech advances.