Conservation Farming

How can livestock production be a part of the solution? Temple Grandin and Frank Mitloehner discussed strides in sustainability and the future at the Online Top Producer Summit and Trust in Food Symposium.

A new report suggests investments and partnerships in agriculture could help reduce U.S. GHG emissions by two-thirds by encouraging widespread adoption of climate-smart practices on farms and ranches.

For the past year and a half, AEM has helped spearhead a study to quantify how technology used in agriculture improves environmental stewardship including reduction in carbon, water quality, and more.

Derek Martin has transformed a 6,000-acre farming operation from an input-guzzling leviathan to a profit-per-acre force.

Jason Mauck is a man obsessed with farming efficiency: A true maverick, apostle of relay cropping and farmer fueled by love of family, Mauck is bringing change to agriculture, one row at a time.

Randy Dowdy’s soil death is no mystery, insists the Georgia producer, and now a federal inspection report appears to back his claims of soil damage on record-breaking farmland due to pipeline construction.

Whether crops, rocks, fossils or Native American artifacts, Terry Springer is a farmer possessed by his dirt.

A phantom frog has spurred the Supreme Court to address Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and determine if the government can aim at private land anywhere in the United States and pull the Endangered Species Act (ESA) trigger, regardless of owner protest and absence of the targeted species.

A promising peel-and-stick crop sensor may provide farmers with actionable information on the real-time drinking habits of their crops. From on-the-go crop management to plant breeding, the innovative technology is layered with agricultural potential.

Mike McGregor commands a chicken litter operation with military precision. “Growers that have used litter for years don’t continue because it doesn’t pay; they’re still putting it on because it brings results,” he says.