Americas Conservation Ag Movement
By compensating farmers per pound of nutrient loss reduction, pay-for-performance conservation motivates farmers to find the most cost-effective ways to reduce nutrient losses for their specific fields.
Walmart and Danone are among the companies announcing public commitments to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture systems. Here’s what that means for producers, says Lucy Stitzer, Dirt to Dinner founder.
Montana ranchers embrace holistic management to improve the natural resource.
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.
Switching part of your acres to no-till is as simple as just parking the tillage tractor, right? Maybe not. Here are a few considerations before trying no-till for the first time.
As an Illinois farmer, you know that long-lived farm businesses learn to thrive in an ever-changing environment.
To help you manage your business amid these unprecedented times, Farm Journal is proud to bring this exclusive virtual program to you and other producers operating in the Middle Wabash watershed.
A conservation plan basically means writing down how to use a farm’s natural resources in as detailed a fashion as you can.
To help you manage your business amid these unprecedented times, Farm Journal is proud to bring this exclusive virtual program to you and other producers operating in the Catoctin Creek watershed.
To help you manage your business amid these unprecedented times, Farm Journal is proud to bring this exclusive virtual program to you and other Nebraska producers operating in the Bazile Groundwater Management Area.
With renewed focus on no-till and reduced tillage, how can you experience the greatest financial and positive environmental impact? Do you have to cut back on tillage every acre to maximize the benefits?
In a matter of a few short years, you can undo more than 100 years of work. How? For each 1” of topsoil that is eroded, it takes at least 100 years to regenerate.
How our partners helped farmers on their stewardship journey in 2020.
From field records to analytics, data empowers conservation and profitability.
A collective effort benefits all types of farms.
Conservation options for non-revenue-generating acres.
These strategies limit your financial exposure.
Larry Thorndyke works to improve his farm so this excited sixth-generation boy can farm the same land his grandfather, and grandfather’s father farmed.
For Jennie Schmidt, who farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Maryland, she’s striking the balance of appeasing criticizing eyes while still optimizing crop performance.
Farmer mitigates soil challenges with gypsum.
Farm Journal Foundation sparks industry engagement.
Cover crops continue to work their way onto fields across the Midwest. While the benefits might be well known, so are the challenges in developing an on-farm system to work in each situation.
A new cotton program helps trace cotton from farm all the way to American flags, helping share farmers’ strong story about a crop with a strong history.
Diversifying his operation and including manure management put him on the road to regenerative agriculture. Today these practices provide him with premiums and new commodity sales potential.
Data provide a foundation of facts that farmers can use to share their specific stories with consumers.
The company’s Jay Watson met with Trust In Food for a conversation on how regenerative agriculture practices can benefit today’s farmers and their respective operations.