By Lisa Z. Leighton | Ephrata, PA
03/05/22
One of the three current owners, Art King, recently received Pasa Sustainable Agriculture’s Leadership Award at its conference in February.
03/08/22
As Ohio continues to discuss water quality challenges in Lake Erie, the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative offered a glimpse of exactly what conservation practices look like in one Ohio watershed.
03/07/22
Meet Andrea Stroeve-Sawa, a fourth-generation rancher whose herd saves fragile ecosystems and stores greenhouse gases in the soil.
By Julie Watson-Ables | Delaware, OH
03/05/22
Agricultural conservationists advocate for the 4 Rs of nutrient stewardship to guide proper fertilizer application – Right Source, Right Rate, Right Time and Right Place. These principles can also be applied to residential lawn care to help foster a beneficial environment for your family and the local wildlife.
03/06/22
The Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program is providing $3.6 million to 31 projects across the state. The state says the program addresses prevention, detection, eradication and control of water-based and land-based invasive species.
03/09/22
(Subscriber Only) Congressional leaders announced agreement on a $1.5 trillion, government-wide spending bill for fiscal 2022 that includes new funding for rural broadband expansion and authorization of a cattle contract library at USDA to address concerns about market power in the beef sector.
Yankton, SD
03/04/22
With dry conditions still covering most of South Dakota, increasing water infiltration rates and water storage capacities is an important task for the state’s agricultural producers. Some of them have turned to cover crops to improve the water use efficiency of their land. Those cover crops will also reduce erosion, sequester carbon, feed soil organisms, provide livestock forage, suppress weeds, and aid nutrient cycling; however, they must be managed correctly.
By Lisa McEwen | Sacramento, CA
03/09/22
Benina Montes returned to the family farming operation after graduating from college, and she joined family members in slowly changing the way it was run. The conventionally farmed almond ranch in Merced County transitioned to a diversified, organic farm using regenerative farming practices.
By Brian O'Connor | Brookfield, WI
03/04/22
While most consumers are familiar with organic farming, at least by name, far fewer consumers are familiar with other regenerative practices, including no-till, according to a recent survey.
By Victor Shelton | Columbus, OH
03/06/22
During this time of year, you absolutely want to make sure that you have enough residual forage present to not only provide fodder for the livestock, but also protect the soil surface.
03/09/22
(Subscriber Only) The Department of Water Resources is expanding its outreach and education efforts for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in honor of National Groundwater Awareness Week.
By Alex Portal | Spearfish, SD
03/04/22
A prominent figure in Spearfish’s history, Johanna Meier Della Vecchia, finalized an agreement with the South Dakota Ag Land Trust (SDALT) Wednesday preserving the nearly 800-acre Oak Hills Ranch property near the Thoen Stone monument, ensuring it will remain untouched and undeveloped forever.
By Brunno Basso | Oakland, CA
03/09/22
Regenerative agricultural practices have shown to store considerable quantities of carbon in the soil and to keep it out of the atmosphere. Transitioning from familiar conventional practices to more sustainable ones can be risky for farmers. But what if this risk could be estimated and even eliminated?
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