sustainability

On Tuesday, Cargill announced a $500,000 donation to the University of Idaho for the CAFE project outside of Rupert.  Cargill noted in Tuesday’s announcement supporting the next generation of sustainability experts is important not only to the company, but the dairy sector as a whole.  University of...

Cattle producers are committed to protecting environmental resources, supporting communities, and creating an economically viable future through effective management practices.  The “Beef Sustainability Forum” coming up on Thursday, February 2nd, in New Orleans, Louisiana, looks to highlight the industry’s sustainability efforts.  The panel discussion will...

Many in the wheat industry are happy to see 2022 behind them and look forward to hopefully better days in the New Year.  The past year was a challenge for wheat producers across the PNW and beyond.  Between international unrest, high input costs and continuing drought conditions from 2021, there were many issues that made the past year a challenging one.   Britany Hu...

Ahead of National Ag Day, March 21st, the Agriculture Council of America is hosting an essay contest.  The theme for the year is "Growing a Climate for Tomorrow: How American Agriculture Does it Every Day".  The essay contest is divided into two categories, either a written essay or a video essay.  Both are nat...

The National Milk Producers Federation commended Congress this week for including the Growing Climate Solutions Act and the SUSTAINS Act in its final fiscal year 2023 budget package.   The measures, NMPF said, will help dairy producers seek additional sustainability opportunities as they work to fulfill the dairy sector’s voluntary, producer-led goal of becoming greenhouse gas neutral or better by

CHS recently released the 2022 CHS Sustainability Report, describing the company's approach to sustainability and highlighting some of its sustainability initiatives.  The actions taken by CHS will help the company reduce its impact on the planet, respond to opportunities related to enhanced sustainability and continue to build a better future for the farmers and ranchers who own the cooperative s

The American Lamb Board is working with the American sheep industry to create a new task force of industry stakeholders and research and extension specialists to develop a sheep sustainability report.  The report will represent the sheep industry’s commitment to sustainability and the industry’s existing practices and goals for continuous improvement in animal care, environmental stewardship, soci

Global agricultural productivity growth is in steep decline, and current efforts to expand sustainable agriculture production to feed a growing global population are inadequate to deal with the challenges that the world faces, that according to the 2022 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, produced by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech.  ...

Older Gen Zers in the United States, those between the ages of 18-24, are discerning when choosing restaurants, according to new data by the NPD Group.  Although price matters to this group, their taste preferences and definition of value dictate the type of restaurants they visit.  As...

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers recently unveiled its equipment industry Sustainability Toolkit.  The toolkit provides assessments and resources to help manufacturers and their supply chains minimize operational impact on the environment.  The too...