When President Obama signed the 2014 Farm Bill on the Michigan State Campus recently he gave U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, his pen and should have given her a Medal of Honor for shepherding ...
Farmers can use a variety of practices to keep their soils healthy. Some of these practices include not tilling the land, planting cover crops between growing seasons and rotating the type of crop ...
His goal is simple: to leave the land better than when he purchased it. Today, Kansas soybean grower Lewis Unruh strives to do just that through defined conservation efforts that have helped make his ...
Suppose you’re a homeowner who intentionally neglects your property, refusing to make basic repairs and even creating unsafe conditions like exposed wires or leaky pipes. Now suppose your house, not ...
Agricultural lenders should design their loan programs to encourage farmers' adoption of farming practices resilient to the impacts of climate change, the Environmental Defense Fund says in a new ...
Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...
AFBF’s Market Intel is publishing a five-part series to highlight the opportunities, challenges, policy levers and overall operation of agriculture ecosystem credit markets. This Market Intel article, ...
To scale and verify regenerative practices in the U.S. cotton industry, the Trust Protocol launched its Field Partner Program ...
Chris Grotegut has earned a reputation in the High Plains of Texas for farming practices that have helped replenish the region’s depleted aquifer. Just over a decade ago, he began converting his ...
FORTVILLE, (WISH) – At The Good Thyme Farm in Fortville, the public is invited to learn about livestock and agriculture.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Arlyn and Sue Kauffman family, owners of Green Ridge Family Farm in Weldon, Iowa. “The Kauffmans are great ...