…an estimated $64.5 billion. Broadband connectivity allows equipment like cloud-connected planters, irrigators, tractors and harvesters to automatically change application rates for seed, fertilizer and more. This improves sustainability by enabling…
Bayer to Reduce Environmental Impact 30 Percent by 2030
Bayer has announced a plan to reduce the company’s environmental impact with a goal of a 30 percent global reduction by 2030. As part of the new sustainability initiative, Bayer…
217 Projects Receive Nearly $13 Million in Healthy Soils Grants
…as well as on-farm demonstration projects. “California leads the nation in supporting innovative climate-smart agriculture programs that address on-farm challenges and promote agricultural and environmental sustainability,” CDFA Secretary Karen Ross…
New Survey Examines Consumers’ Understanding of the Environmental Impact of Chicken Production
…consumers also have significantly less knowledge than average about these practices for chicken production. Seeing First-Hand Sustainability in Chicken Production In conjunction with the sustainability survey, NCC also created a…
Almond Update: Stewardship Tour Exposes Regulators to Sustainable Efforts
…Sustainability and Environmental Affairs Gabrielle Ludwig said this year’s tour showed all of the attendees how sustainability is incorporated in all aspects of production and many plans for the future….
Almond Matters: Industry Works Toward Sustainability Goals
In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent, sustainability goals have been announced to push the almond industry to continue their efforts of environmental stewardship. Director for Sustainability and…
U.S. Organic Sales Hit $50 Billion for the First Time
…a notable shift in the mindset of those working in organic toward collaboration and activism to move the needle on the role organic can play in sustainability and tackling environmental…
Tricolored Blackbirds Part of Dairy’s Conservation Story
…these positive stewards-of-the-land stories. “Essentially we are first-generation farmers and we need to have a sustainability story that everyone in the general public can relate to,” Jonkman said. “We believe…
“Beef Cattle Industry Has Great Story to Tell” On Climate
…member with the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, which recently released its landmark U.S. Beef Industry Sustainability Framework and encourages operations all along the beef value chain to measure key environmental…
Bayer Provides Salad Bars to Several California Schools
…them to choose something that’s healthy and fresh,” food chain and sustainability manager at Bayer, Jennifer Maloney said in a press release. “This partnership is also meaningful because, with today’s…
The USDA Announces New Vision for Animal Genomics
…to address four main goals for animal production: 1) providing nutritious food for a growing human population, 2) improving sustainability of animal agriculture, 3) increasing animal fitness and improving animal…
Californian Honored with U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award
YouTube The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced its eighth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners at its recent ceremony in Illinois earlier this month. Of the five winners of…
Pilot Program for U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Coming in June
…sustainability goals. “In June of 2019, we’re going to have a pilot program launched for the protocol, where it’s a self-enrolled system. We’re going to not only ask leadership of…
Groups React to Chlorpyrifos Ban
…and CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “California farmers are universally committed to the safety of their food, the health of their workers and communities, and the sustainability of…























