Sustainability
Sustainable farming practices build resilience into your farming systems. Sustainability practices include crop rotation, reduced tillage, cover crops, water management, and nutrient management.
Shawn Boler’s great-grandfather once owned the acres he now oversees and plans to preserve for future generations, thanks to the Keeping it in the Family Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention program
Dr. Rick Haney joins the Field Work podcast to discuss the soil health test he developed helped farmers get a true picture of what was going on beneath the surface.
Brian Doerr recently introduced regenerative agriculture practices, including cover crops, on his family’s Nebraska farm. He details his decision-making and implementation steps here.
The plan requires conserving 440 million acres.
Farmers are only 30 growing seasons from the biggest challenge agriculture has ever faced—growing 70% more food on the same amount of land they do today.
“We could not have a better way to celebrate our 75th anniversary in North America,” Geraldo Mattioli, SVP North America said in the program announcement.
If you’re not from one of the 17 cotton-producing states, you might not realize that the United States is the world’s biggest exporter of cotton.
The Biden Administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal includes several provisions directly impacting corn growers and rural communities.
Farmers John and Kara Boyd share the challenges of practicing regenerative ag in Southern Virginia. John leads the National Black Farmers Association and Kara founded the Association of American Indian Farmers.
The Biden administration outlined six categories for how land and water should be used as a first step toward carrying out the president’s campaign pledge to conserve 30% of U.S. land and water over the next decade.