Sustainability
Sustainable farming practices build resilience into your farming systems. Sustainability practices include crop rotation, reduced tillage, cover crops, water management, and nutrient management.
Vilsack said USDA believes there are more options for farmers other than “get big or get out. There’s got to be a system in which the many and most have a fair shot.”
Sutton Rucks, chief operating officer for Milking R Dairy, Inc., encourages other farmers to reach out to their community and educate consumers about the benefits of agriculture and dairy farming, specifically.
With operations and sales in more than 60 countries and 2022 forecasted revenues of more than $400 million, Stoller provides immediate scale and profitability, Corteva said in a company press release.
Soli health practices can help Flip Your Soil from good to great. These practices are also part of the new push for Climate Smart Agriculture practices to sequester carbon.
EPA public comment on WOTUS closed on Feb. 11. Industry leaders and lawmakers are rushing to plead their Clean Water Act case with agency officials.
“Now we’re scrambling for batteries to get up to the 150,000 production rate next year,” said Ford Pro CEO Ted Cannis, “because the demand is overwhelming.”
John Phipps says he was aware that the West and especially the southern Plains had high average wind speeds, he didn’t realize the Midwest was also a good place to site wind turbines, especially the newer, larger ones.
Dick Billings passed away several years ago, but his wife, their son and granddaughters have been able to build upon his vision for the family’s operation, thanks to a team of farmers and a forestry consultant.
“Everything we do is conservation minded for water and soil erosion, and there is no incentive for that except the viability of our farm,” says Tracy Zink. “And if we don’t do that, then we won’t be here.”
America’s Conservation Ag Movement is hosting a series of farmer-led, in-the-field agronomic events in five states this summer.