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You can use your smart phone to calibrate herbicide applications.
The gas is produced on farm through simple, but expensive, methane scrubbing technology.
Violations include improperly applying manure to a field in the rain and operating a leaking waste water system that led to polluting salmon habitat.
After three years of well-publicized drought, California has received near-normal precipitation this year.
Tool developed by Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
The program recognizes dairy farms and businesses that advance the industry’s commitment to healthy products, healthy communities and a healthy planet.
The lawsuit protests the governor’s recent permit allowing more dairy cows in the wake of growing yogurt demand.
The focus is on how dairy producers from this state transform cow manure into electricity to power their farms and hundreds of local homes and businesses.
The awards recognize outstanding dairy farms, businesses and collaborative partnerships that are good for the community, the planet, and for business.
Panel discusses how environmental sustainability leads to profit.
Recipients include a Minnesota dairy company that will receive $8,040 to help offset the cost of producing electricity from two anaerobic digesters.
AMP-Trillium to build seven CNG fueling stations in Texas.
Dairies encouraged to apply for the $10,000 award.
The three-dairy family operation will ship all its milk to Texas plant.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program provided assistance to farmers who delayed silage harvest to help the rare birds.
CHRISTOPHER DOERING, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Farmers and ranchers suffering through the worst drought to hit the United States in more than 50 years will receive additional help from the government, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned on Monday the department does not have the necessary tools to adequately help producers.USDA’s latest assistance package will allow for haying and grazing to occur on Wetlands Reserve and Conservation Reserve land that have been impacted by the drought, including acres that are abnormally dry or suffering from moderate drought conditions. Until now only areas deemed to be in severe to extreme drought were eligible.
The race to create a better, less controversial biofuel has spawned plenty of research into a variety of potential new sources - including switchgrass, cornstalks and algae. One goal behind the next generation of ethanol fuel is to end the debate over whether crops that could be used for food or animal feed are being converted into fuel. It’s a debate that’s dogged traditional ethanol, made from corn. A team of Wisconsin researchers say they may have found an abundant and eminently Dairyland ingredient for ethanol - cow manure from the state’s dairyfarms. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coalition of state firms have been awarded $7 million for bioenergy research that would use a manure byproduct to produce ethanol at a dairyfarm in Manitowoc County.The funding was awarded by the U.S. Energy and Agriculture departments through their joint biomass research-and-development initiative.
The award program recognizes dairy farms, businesses and collaborative partnerships for their contributions to healthy people, healthy products and a healthy planet.
Checkoff’s partnership with McDonald’s directly contributed to an additional 1.7 billion pounds of milk sold between 2009 and 2011.
Organziation partners with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy on Farm Energy Efficiency project.
The finger pointing and blame for antimicrobial resistance need to end. The time has come to work together, say these scientists.
Recipient represents a new breed of producers who believe strongly not only in protecting the environment but in the power of the story of farming.
The award recognizes exceptional leadership in conserving California’s resources, protecting and enhancing the environment and building public-private partnerships.
Biofilter technology removes nitrogen in wastewater.
ANFO is phosphate-free and has been shown to be effective at removing residue from teat sealants.
The Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) has analyzed the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production’s report “Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America” as well as the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) response to the report. After a review by FASS’ Scientific Advisory Committees, FASS agrees with AVMA that there are significant flaws in the Pew report.
California processors require dairies to evaluate animal well-being.