…(14.9 Mha). This pattern varies across world regions, with the greatest shares of forest lost in China and the European Union (EU). One effective route for reducing or avoiding deforestation…
ARS Geneticist Edward Buckler Receives First National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…pioneering the use of large-scale genomic approaches linking genes with the crop’s physical traits. This work is giving plant breeders’ better access to key genes and reducing the time needed…
Iowa Ag Secretary on White House Ag Roundtable
…communities,” he says. Northey says the conversation was especially positive regarding items like reducing the regulatory burden on farmers, infrastructure updates, trade, and immigration. Northey, who was at the roundtable,…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…economy in the early 1990s but has rebounded strongly since the late 1990s. The production increase contributed to Russia reducing its large imports of meat and other livestock products and…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…its efforts with other reviews of regulations or policy, including those conducted pursuant to Executive Order 13771 of January 30, 2017 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs), Executive Order 13778…
U.S., EU, Opening Door to TTIP Talks
…Financial Times reducing the trans-Atlantic trade deficit in goods is a top priority. The $146 billion trans-Atlantic trade deficit is only second to China’s $347 billion deficit. Ross was hosting…
RFA Celebrates Earth Day 2017
…for the Renewable Fuels Association. Ethanol continues to be one of the most affordable and effective tools available for reducing harmful emissions from the transportation sector and cleaning the air….
Almond Board: Air Quality Programs
…“low-dust” nut harvester technologies instead of conventional nut harvesters; stabilize unpaved on-farm roads and vehicle traffic areas with dust suppressants; establish windbreaks and shelterbelts around animal feeding operations; install a…
China Growing Less Corn as Acreage Drops
…Reuters says the shift towards rising soybean output and falling corn production reflects Beijing’s goal of reducing corn growing to cut its bloated stockpiles. China currently has around 250 million…
Reebok to Manufacture Shoes Made from Corn, Organic Cotton
…the next range of shoes. We want to take the entire cycle into account; to go from dust to dust.” For the Cotton + Corn initiative, Reebok partnered with DuPont…
NFU Urging Trump to Keep U.S. in Paris Climate Agreement
…Agreement, has a current target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26-28 percent by 2025. Many of the actions that would help the country achieve that goal would create…
Almond Board: Big Increase for Low-Dust Incentive
…build on years of Almond Board-funded research on reducing dust emissions at harvest. The Almond Hullers and Processors Association (now Almond Alliance) worked closely with NRCS to develop this funding…
Farm Bureau Applauds Law to Restore Local Control of Federal Lands
…federal land and dismantled the ideal of cooperative federalism. By reducing the opportunity for public comment, minimizing federal requirements to coordinate with state and local governments and imposing new mitigation…
Trump Executive Order Reverses American Climate Change Progress, Leadership
…curbing carbon emissions that trap heat and change the climate. They also paved the way for agriculture to be a major contributor to reducing the amount of carbon in the…