…Karen Ross stated in a press release. Award recipients submitted applications that met the specific requirements of the grant, including feasibility, cost, greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and water savings. The…
Cap and Trade Funding for Agriculture
…reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Another $6 million will go towards renewable energy research and development in the agricultural sector. The remaining $135 million will go towards funding grants, rebates, and…
U.S. Cotton Sets Goals to Further Reduce Environmental Footprint
…efficiency (more fiber per gallon) by 18 percent; 4) reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 39 percent; 5) increasing soil carbon in fields by 30 percent; and 6) reducing energy to…
Agri View: Energy to Produce Food
…of all energy produced in the United States. Farmers use a portion of that. Natural gas is used to produce most fertilizer. Diesel fuel keeps tractors and other motorized equipment…
Apply for Grants Offered Through Healthy Soils Program
…farmers who implement management practices that sequester soil carbon and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The maximum grant amount available for this type of program is $50,000 dollars. There is…
RFA Asking EPA to Expand Hurricane Harvey Fuel Waiver
…12 percent of U.S. refining capacity, driving gas prices up as much as eight percent. RFA President Bob Dinneen says ethanol is readily available nationwide, to fill the missing supply….
Disease Resistant Strawberry Research Gets Funding Boost
Professor Steve Knapp, director of the UC Davis Public Strawberry Breeding Program, in a breeding greenhouse. The US Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant of $4.5 million to the…
Grow Veggies Differently-Hydroponics
…of using Hydroponics, and why we shouldn’t do away with soil just yet. I;m Cathy Isom… Image credit: (top right) pepper plant (hydroponic, greenhouse) Copyright: phaitoon / 123RF Stock Photo…
ISU Study Shows No Impact of RFS on Greenhouse Gasses
…Standard (RFS) has substantially benefited the U.S. economy by lowering gasoline and crude oil prices, cutting crude oil imports, adding value to U.S.-produced agricultural commodities, and reducing U.S. greenhouse gas…
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
A new economic study shows the Renewable Fuel Standard has added a third to the price of corn and saved the U.S. nearly 18-billion in gasoline costs. The Iowa State…
New Academic Journal Study: RFS Offers Substantial Benefits to U.S. Economy
…by lowering gasoline and crude oil prices, cutting crude oil imports, adding value to U.S.-produced agricultural commodities, and reducing U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “The results confirm that the current…
A Faster, Less Costly Way to Process Walnuts
…drying method takes more than 24 hours to dry walnuts and uses a significant amount of natural gas and electricity. Infrared—a form of intense light that’s felt, but not seen—dries…
Zinke Proposes New Sage Grouse Management Plan
…administration as weakening the attempt to increase the sage grouse population and a gift to the oil and gas industry, according to the Hagstrom Report. However, Public Lands Council President…
Labor Shortages Continue to Plague California
…“Workers comp rates are twice what Arizona is, our electricity rates, our natural gas rates, our fuel rates, our labor, you can just go on and on down the list….