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Cotton: A.I. Helps Researchers Adapting Crops for Future Climate Conditions
With crops, farmers will adapt — they always have and always will. To help this adaptation, however, a Texas A&M AgriLife research project has used artificial intelligence modeling to determine...
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Vilsack Talks Ag Issues at Climate Conference – DTN
The Biden administration made the case at the COP 26 conference in Scotland that agriculture and forestry can provide a solution for mitigating greenhouse-gas emissions by incentivizing farmers to...
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Nebraska: Climate Change and Future Water Challenges – Podcast
Climate change is projected to make Nebraska hotter and stormier. A recent podcast with Dave Aiken, professor and water and agricultural law specialist in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s...
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House Ag Chair Already Looking to 2022 – DTN
The House Agriculture Committee will start 2022 looking at the impact of electric vehicles on agriculture and rural America, Chairman David Scott told DTN in an interview last week. Scott, […]
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Weather: Climate Change Note in CoBank Outlook – DTN
It’s the time of year for predictions and speculations about how 2022 will unfold. Premier agricultural lender CoBank is part of that scene. CoBank’s 2022 outlook “The Year Ahead: Forces […]
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Coalition Urges Biden Not to Cut Crop Insurance – DTN
The Crop Insurance Coalition, which is composed of 55 groups representing farmers, lenders, agricultural input providers, and conservation groups, sent letters to congressional budget and...
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Farming for a Better Climate – Optimize Your Nitrogen Management Strategies
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, soil management practices contribute 68% of total agriculture industry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Tillage and nutrient management...
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Farm Bill: Environmental Issues and the Carrot or Stick Dilemma – Discussion
The scope of wildfires in New Mexico and reduced water availability for household and agricultural uses in both the Colorado River basin and California’s Central Valley provide clear examples of […]
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Ag Policy: How Have Farm Bills Addressed Climate Change?
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 invested approximately $19 billion in farm bill conservation programs for conservation practices that address climate change. In addition, USDA has announced nearly...
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Ag and Oil Industries Get Methane Makeover to Reach New Emissions Goal by 2030
In Egypt on Friday, President Biden announced the U.S. will implement measures to further decrease methane emissions by 2030. According to EPA, the proposals would collectively reduce 36 million tons […]
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Dept. of Interior Scope Out New Solar Locations in the West Amid Off-Shore...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) sees an additional 2,400 gigawatts of capacity coming online worldwide over the next half-decade. That forecast is almost 30% higher than last year’s edition of […]
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What’s in it for Ag in the New Spending Bill?
The House on Friday averted a government shutdown by voting 225 to 201 in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The omnibus bill includes 12 separate bills that cover […]
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Crop Insurance, Production Costs, ERP Among Key Topics at Senate Ag Farm Bill...
A Senate Ag Committee hearing Thursday on the new farm bill raised a issue that is now evident: the Title 1 farm bill safety net can no longer deal with […]
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Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Next Farm Bill: Is There...
This week, farmers, agriculture groups, and climate advocates have been demonstrating in Washington D.C. requesting that Congress do more to address climate change in the next farm bill (e.g., Douglas,...
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USDA Could Use the Farm Bill’s Conservation Title for Climate Change
USDA could use its biggest land stewardship programs — the Conservation Reserve, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) — to combat climate...
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