Conservation
Heavy rains and high winds are contributing to dangerous dust storms and other issues in farm country. Ken Ferrie offers his take on stewardship practices that can help growers prevent or minimize these problems.
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer joined AgriTalk to break down the details of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles released by the Biden Administration.
Trust In Beef’s Sustainable Ranchers Tour recently spotlighted second-generation rancher Meredith Ellis, taking producers behind the ranch-gate for a tour of award-winning G Bar C Ranch in North Texas
Residue might hamper uptake, surface cover slows soil warming and most cover crops raise the carbon penalty. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie shares timing and placement tips for phosphorus, sulfur and nitrogen.
Beyond a few marketing strategies or providing a unique product for a niche market, sustainable practices offer opportunity in what looks to be another low-priced period in the grain markets.
There are a number of practices that can create passive income on your operation, but the level of effort and investment to implement them varies.
“We are talking about fuel produced in 2025, but that is going to use the crop we are growing this year,” Mitchell Hora says.
Rick Rice, AMVAC director of application technology, says grant programs aren’t meant to forever subsidize a particular practice, but instead act as a catalyst for new participants to see its benefits.
“It’s in these challenging markets farmers need to think about driving more efficiency using technology,” says Darryl Matthews, a recently retired tech executive. Certain technologies can provide a short-term ROI.
Four-dollar corn dominated discussions, but farmers remain open to new innovations and machinery as spring planting and the promise of a new production season beckons.