Articles Tagged with ''Environmental Defense Fund''

The fall harvest has finally wrapped up in Indiana, putting an end to a year that tested the willpower of farmers throughout our region. In addition to ongoing economic challenges, it was officially the wettest year on record. U.S. farmers couldn’t plant more than 19 million waterlogged acres, the majority of which were in the Midwest. Amid all these troubles, there are still areas of hope for the agriculture sector, and that’s why I’m on Capitol Hill this week.

U.S. dairy farmers are finally experiencing some price relief after four years of an economic downturn in which many farmers struggled to break even. But ongoing economic pressures will require farmers to leave no stone unturned as they seek to become more resilient.

Agriculture can play a key role in mitigating climate change, but more work is needed on methods of measuring the impact of changing farming practices.

Water Plan update * CDFA climate delegation visits South Africa * Farmers like ESA rollback, enviros head to court * Rodenticide ban pulled * UC Davis engages with cannabis policy * DPR names chlorpyrifos work group

In what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind partnership,” the Environmental Defense Fund and the National Corn Growers Association are joining forces to help farmers and rural communities meet the pressing challenge of protecting the environment while maximizing productivity and profit.

Smithfield Foods and the Environmental Defense Fund are touting the company’s commitment to produce energy from manure on most of Smithfield’s hog farms in North Carolina, Utah and Missouri.

A new farm bill proposal could make it possible for farmers to know with some precision what impact cover crops, no-till farming and other conservation practices could have on their crop yields.