Bipartisan Senate bill takes aim at livestock methane emissions
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by Heidi Crnkovic
3h ago
Air quality and emissions have been a topic of discussion since the 1950s, but these issues have taken center stage with recent outcry over the impact of methane produced by livestock.  A bipartisan group of senators, including U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) hopes to offer a solution by introducing this mouthful of a bill: the Enteric Methane Innovation Tools for Lower Emissions and Sustainable Stock Act.  “New research and ranching practices are showing promising results to reduce methane emissions and k ..read more
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117-year-old milk powder sheds light on past and present dairy
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by Heidi Crnkovic
3h ago
Whole milk powder manufactured in New Zealand in 1907, then transported to the South Pole in Antarctica, was discovered more than a century later.  The findings have allowed dairy researchers to answer the question: Is the milk we enjoy today different from the milk consumed in previous generations? A new comparative study in the Journal of Dairy Science, published by the American Dairy Science Association and Elsevier, has peered back in time to demonstrate that — despite advancements in selective breeding and changes to farm practices — milk of the past and milk today share more simila ..read more
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Port of Baltimore’s closure may be costly for agriculture industry
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by Ryan Tipps
12h ago
The Port of Baltimore is the nation’s largest port for farm equipment, and it is a significant throughway for raw sugar, meat, and timber, as well as soybeans, grains, and other agricultural products. Experts say that the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this week, which has halted all vessel traffic, is likely to have a ripple effect that will negatively impact the ag sector. “Now’s the time that a lot of farmers are getting going,” Alice Kassens, an economics professor at Roanoke College in Virginia, told TV news station WDBJ. “It’s when people are likely going to be buying ..read more
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Concerns ignited after swaths of solar panels destroyed in Texas storms
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by Heidi Crnkovic
12h ago
Solar energy is the fastest-growing source of new electricity in America. The U.S. Department of Energy indicates that over 10 million acres are needed to scale up solar energy by 2050. In their sights is agricultural land, with the potential to provide 27 terawatts of solar energy capacity — a quarter of the total U.S. solar energy capacity of 115 TW. But while crops are particularly susceptible to the whims of Mother Nature, thousands of panels on a solar farm southwest of Houston were heavily damaged by a hailstorm this month.  Fighting Jays Solar Farm, located near Needville in Fort ..read more
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TerraForma’s soil-health strategy scales for large farms
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by Ryan Tipps
12h ago
Farming has never been an easy job — with unpredictable weather conditions, extensive labor requirements, and an ever-changing consumer market, farmers have a plethora of challenges to overcome to ensure their livelihood. Another emerging challenge is navigating societal concerns about climate change — as the world wrangles with carbon emissions, many are looking toward farmers and agriculture as a potential avenue to reduce their carbon footprint. Agriculture in the U.S. accounts for approximately 10 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, and efforts to reduce this number have been wides ..read more
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Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record-warm winter
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by Ryan Tipps
19h ago
The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in rural Iowa in the late 1880s and cleared the land for strawberries, clay, and whiskey production. Eventually, he transitioned to making maple syrup to add to his whiskey. That started a 140-year-old tradition that has persisted through the Civil War, the Great Depression and both World Wars. Potter opened his own maple syrup company with his wife and three daughters in 2009. Great River Maple, in Garnavillo, Iowa, is now among the state’s most prolific sy ..read more
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U.S. Soy’s NEXTILE Soy in Textile Design Challenge winner
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by Heidi Crnkovic
1d ago
U.S. Soy selected Kasandra Wright from the University of Arkansas as the national innovative winner of its first-ever NEXTILE: The Soy in Textiles Design Challenge. In its inaugural year, design students nationwide were invited to leverage their creative and problem-solving skills to produce the next sustainable innovation in textile design. The catch? Students must create their products using one versatile ingredient — soybeans. Each participating individual or team received a design kit including seven sustainable, soy-based materials: soy thread, soy leather, soy French Terry, organic pigm ..read more
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Florida 4-H youth invents medical device to save sister’s pig
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by Heidi Crnkovic
1d ago
When Cameron Swallows heard his sister crying, he knew he had a big problem to solve. Her Florida 4-H pig was sick. Very sick. The pig, Hank, had rectal prolapse — a condition that can be fatal if left untreated — in November, and the veterinarian didn’t have the right medical device on his truck to save Hank. Cameron, 11, sprang into action and got to work. He did the math, designed an appropriate-fitting medical device that would fit Hank’s needs, and printed the part on his home Bambu Labs 3D printer. The veterinarian treated Hank and fixed his rectal prolapse, and Hank is a happy, healthy ..read more
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Safety advocate: Child injuries on farms are never ‘accidents’
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by Heidi Crnkovic
1d ago
About every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident, and each day, at least 33 children are injured. During the past decade, youth worker fatalities in agriculture have exceeded all other industries combined. Headlines such as, “Toddler killed in tractor accident,” or, “Boy dies in farm accident,” grab our attention and sympathy, but, according to one childhood agricultural injury prevention researcher, these headlines also prevent us from addressing the root causes of those tragedies. “An ‘accident’ suggests that the situation could not have been anticipated or prevented ..read more
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Mental wellness in ag: Cultivating your purpose to grow resiliency
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by Ryan Tipps
2d ago
As a farmer, veterinarian, or young person in a rural community, you know all too well the unique stresses that come with working in agriculture. From unpredictable weather and market fluctuations to long hours and physical demands, the pressures can sometimes feel overwhelming. There’s a powerful antidote to these stressors — one that’s backed by psychological and neuroscience research. It’s all about finding and focusing on your life purpose and legacy. Legacy is often thought of as a tradition passed down from one generation to the next. While tradition certainly plays a part, legacy goes ..read more
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