ACAM Executive Q&A: Darren Howie, Director, Carbon & Sustainability – Trimble Agriculture Solutions
Trimble Agriculture’s technology solutions optimize productivity and profitability. The company is committed to helping the ag industry streamline data reporting for farmers and across the entire carbon value chain. Trimble Agriculture has spent the past four decades working shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers and their trusted advisors, and Darren Howie, Director of Carbon & Sustainability, believes Trimble […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Kenny Seebold, Senior Director of Field R&D, Valent U.S.A.
Sustainability is woven into the fabric of Valent U.S.A.’s culture, how the agriculture input leader is putting that to work for people, planet and productivity For Valent U.S.A., the idea of sustainability as a corporate principle is centuries old and woven into the fiber of their culture, passed down from their parent company, Sumitomo Chemical […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Val Dolcini, Head, Sustainability & Government Affairs, North America, Syngenta U.S.
As a global leader in crop protection, Syngenta is grounding themselves in practical, grower-based thinking to climate-smart solutions and believes now is the time for bold action to reach sustainability goals. With more than two decades of experience spanning agricultural policy and agribusiness, Val Dolcini has seen, first-hand, the industry shifts that have placed us […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Mark Flaspohler, Director of Conservation Programs, Ducks Unlimited
One of the country’s leading practice implementers is bolstering its technical advisory capacity to improve resiliency and profitability for growers Ducks Unlimited is globally recognized as one of the leaders in conservation with a focus on protecting, enhancing and restoring wetlands and waterfowl habitats. Their legacy emphasis on recreational lands has, in recent years, led the organization to explore the relationship that those lands have with working lands, and with those who work […]
ACAM Field Day Takeaway: Experiment with Diverse Cover Crops to Drive Soil Health
Stewardship is something the Kruegers have passed down through the generations. “I’ve always felt there was a need for conservationist practices,” Walter Krueger said when he was honored as the 1994 Indiana Master Farm Conservationist of the Year. “God has made a good Earth, and it’s my responsibility to help protect what God has given […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Mike Zwingman, Director of Agronomy, Row Crops, Verdesian Life Sciences
Drought and volatile prices bring heightened focus on fertilizer and nutrient management. One of the greatest agronomic challenges facing producers today is the multi-year drought pattern affecting the Corn Belt, says Mike Zwingman, director of agronomy, row crops for Verdesian Life Sciences. “The impact of drought is more than just water stress,” Zwingman says. “It […]
How Farmer Centricity Drives Sustainable Innovation at Corteva Agriscience
Collaboration with producers to help create next-generation technologies to meet the pressing challenges of climate change, population growth and food security.
Reflections On 2021 U.S. Sustainable Ag Progress
As in 2020, life this year has required plenty of resilience. As sustainable ag professionals, we have continued to pivot and adjust to meet the needs of the moment. Yet here at Trust In Food™—and, we suspect, within your own organization—we’ve also experienced the joy of forward progress on behalf of farmers, ranchers, our many […]
Here’s What It Will Take To Empower Farmers To Make Data-Driven Farm And Stewardship Decisions
Here at Trust In Food, we’ve got data on the brain. In fact, along with the Founding Partners of America’s Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM), we recently published a free whitepaper titled, “Scaling Connected Ag: How Farmers Find Success With Data-Driven Decision Making – And How Trusted Ag Advisers Can Help Accelerate It.” You can download […]
Key Takeaways From The 2021 Sustainable Ag Summit
My second business trip as director of America’s Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM) took me 1,500 miles from the mostly harvested corn and soybean fields of southeastern Iowa to the annual Sustainable Ag Summit and Dairy Sustainability Alliance fall meetings in Las Vegas. I was excited about the opportunity to renew old acquaintances, discover new partnerships […]