greenhouse gas emissions

General Mills and Ecosystem Services Market Consortium Tuesday announced a multi-year roadmap to scale Eco-Harvest. The market program by ESMC recognizes and rewards farmers for beneficial environmental outcomes from regenerative agriculture ...

According to the EPA, American agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions fell over 4% from 2019 to 2020. The recent Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks shows ag represents only 10% of total U.S. emissions, much lower than other economic sectors. Far ...

Earth Day was last week, and the agriculture community used the time to celebrate the conservation efforts farmers and ranchers perform every day to help reduce emissions. Shelby Myers, American Farm Bureau Federation Economist, said data from the EPA shows agriculture consistently accounts for just 10% ...

How does food waste impact the global population? Roger Thurow of the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University said food loss in a problem that impacts everyone on the planet and the problem is only getting worse. “It is one of the great outrages in our world today that as much as one-third of all food is either lost at the farm, trade, or processing stages, or wasted, thrown away at the re

New research shows that greenhouse gas emissions on farms could rise if more U.S. food companies require feed for their livestock and poultry be free from genetically modified ingredients. The report said grain elevator and feed mill product handling and production requirements would be greater, and the price of meat, milk and eggs for consumers could increase ...

Last month the New York Times ran an opinion piece, Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet, which targeted livestock producers and the cattle industry. Farmers and ranchers nationwide criticized the piece as being riddled with misinformation and lacking credible sources ...

Robert Bonnie, USDA undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, appeared at last week’s Commodity Classic Thursday. As the Department of Agriculture seeks ways to include agriculture in the climate solution conversation, Bonnie says farmers are already doing a lot. ...

The American Lamb Board is working with Michigan State University to evaluate the environmental footprint of the U.S. sheep industry. The goal is to get accurate and robust data to contribute to this important issue. The initial focus of the study defines a comprehensive model of greenhouse gas emissions for the diverse array of U ...

A new report from the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute looked into farm subsidies and overall farm policies. The report said that repurposing current agricultural public policies “could deliver multiple benefits for people, the planet, and the economy.” ...

Washington State University recently published a roadmap for future development of the biochar industry in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Karen Hills with WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources said this collaborative effort not only looked at the current state of the biochar industry, but also tried to address what it will take for biochar to move to the next level. ...