…vegetables, and nursery/greenhouse) is forecast to decrease 4.2 percent in 2016 (following an 11.8-percent gain in 2015). Wheat, cotton, and rice farm businesses are expected to see double-digit increases in…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…lawmakers continue to negotiate if and how to spend $1.4 billion worth of “cap-and-trade” funds collected as part of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction fund. Proponents of biomass, a renewable…
Schneider Electric SE Mulling Sale of DTN
…lower demand stemming from decreased oil and gas prices. Sources tell Bloomberg Schneider does not consider DTN a “core operation,” despite being a solid, profitable business. DTN would likely attract…
Pesticide Resistant Whitefly Poses Threat to U.S. Crops
…VERY FIRST TIME it has been found in a landscape or outside a greenhouse or nursery since it was found on an ornamental plant in a greenhouse many years ago…
Meeting Emissions Goals
…Industry Group Notes Improvements Over Greenhouse Gas Proposal Leaders at the American Trucking Associations said they were cautiously optimistic that the second round of the Obama administration’s greenhouse gas and…
Obama Administration Releases Carbon-Emission Standards for Big Trucks
The Obama Administration Tuesday announced new carbon-emission standards for ‘big trucks’ in the administration’s efforts to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
…change will help lessen the impacts on future generations,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “This next phase of standards for heavy- and medium-duty vehicles will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…the activity of anaerobic bacteria that chemically reduce the nitrate to N2, a benign gas. Irrigation water fertilizes vegetables Water quality regulations in many regions of California now require farmers…
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…program committed $4.6 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds to agricultural conservation easements and planning grants in its first year and is committing an additional $37.4 million this year. The…
Oregon State Fair to Feature Prize Winning Marijuana Plants
…will see prize-winning marijuana plants, according to the Oregonian Newspaper. The Oregon Cannabis Business Council, which sponsors the marijuana exhibit, says nine plants will be displayed in a greenhouse that…
Agri View: Changing Weather
…-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. The…
Agri View: Food Production
…dangers to the planet. Agriculture is among the greatest contributors to global warming, emitting more greenhouse gases than all our cars, trucks, trains, and airplanes combined—largely from methane released by…
Agri View: Hydroponic Farming
…open-air soil-reliant crops cannot be stacked into storied facilities. In what follows, the construction of a series of hydroponic agriculture and algaculture (multi-level) facilities and power plant/greenhouse desalination facilities is…
NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component
…for the collection and dissemination of information on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The assessment will also help dairy producers identify potential efficiency gains and cost savings, offering…