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America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers has distributed a $5.3 million cash payment to members.
The state agency that regulates Oregon’s $473 million dairy industry has given kudos this month to three dairy operations that have gone above and beyond the call of duty in protecting water quality.
State ag commissioner touts program that offers up to $25,000 to convert hot water from electric to solar.
About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.
The cost of cutting down dairy ‘food miles.’
The world’s rising temperature is slowing production of major food crops, and as global warming continues, the trend will significantly disrupt the economies of many countries and impair the health of their people, Stanford researchers say.
Agreement focuses on the development of sustainability best management practices.
Groups tell Congress that historically tight supplies of grains and oilseeds make program change imperative.
Gov. Deval L. Patrick yesterday visited Jordan Dairy Farm to highlight a project that produces methane gas from cow manure.
New Mexico State University is partnering with Texas A&M and other universities across the country on a $9.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research bovine respiratory disease and how to reduce its prevalence in beef and dairy cattle.
Twelve Pennsylvania dairy producers will join peers from 11 other states in a large-scale project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help farmers reduce greenhouse gases produced by manure.
The back end of a cow provides the front end of the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and Oregon. With missionary zeal, he and his brother Daryl build modest electricity-producing projects that help family-owned dairyfarms preserve their key role in the agricultural ecosystem.Their company, Farm Power, turns manure into electricity, fertilizer and bacteria-free animal bedding. The technology is fairly simple. What’s hard about a manure digester is linking farmers, bankers, regulators, environmentalists and utilities.
Fair Oaks Farms’ new fleet will be nation’s largest long-haul operation using renewable energy.
The piece demonstrates the vital role dairies play in Pennsylvania’s rural communities
California’s carbon credit program may wind its way to Pennsylvania’s dairy farms. Three local farms have installed manure digesters that will produce electricity by burning methane gas.
Nearly 50% of U.S. milk supply now under FARM umbrella.
The well-monitoring effort is the most ambitious in the history of California’s dairy industry, and is the first such program of this scale in the U.S.
Rabobank research shows California dairies, processors uniquely positioned to capitalize on growing global demand.
Porter Family honored with Agricultural Environmental Management Award.
Method saves fuel, labor and equipment costs, also reduces soil disturbance and dust.
The New Zealand dairy giant says the global market for organics has changed, seeks to limit losses.
The show’s Oct. 5 program will highlight the ecological soundness, economic viability and positive community influence of St. Brigid’s Farm.
Midwest Environmental Advocates and their clients have paid Rosendale Dairy for legal and expert witness fees to settle the dairy’s claim that MEA’s claims are frivolous.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring that 13 dairies in and near Chino take preventative measures to avoid manure runoff before the winter rains.
USDA and World Wildlife Fund join the panel that will judge the newly launched awards program.
The Tillamook area producer agreed to restore and preserve more than 20 acres of historic wetlands to resolve a federal Clean Water Act violation.
Western United Dairymen wants leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees to support funding for the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Funding for the biodigesters is provided through the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
A 500-cow dairy can potentially save from $2,000 to $7,000 every year through more efficient energy management.
New research shows that changing to a higher-fat soybean meal could improve dry matter intake and milk production without sacrificing milk fat.