ACAM Executive Q&A: Katherine Rogers, Product Marketing Manager, Agriculture Sustainability Solutions, Trimble
Trust In Food research has found that farmers are not quite ready to enter into the carbon marketplace. Trimble is leveraging their role as data provider for farmers to cultivate a carbon market that may break those barriers. A 2022 report from Trust In Food found that, while 93% of farmers have heard of carbon markets, 97% […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Rick Rice, Director, Application Technology, AMVAC Chemical Corp.
Data is critical to the climate-smart economy. Prescriptive-application crop protection and plant health leader AMVAC Chemical Corp. is rolling out solutions to help widen adoption of precision technologies and the data sharing that drives them. Farm-level production data is critical for precision agriculture and sustainable production systems, but many factors continually stand in the way […]
How One Dairy Farmer Found Herself on the VERGE of the Climate Conversation
It’s not easy for Suzanne Vold to leave the day-to-day business of the dairy farm that she runs alongside her husband and brother-in-law. After all, the fourth-generation farm in Minnesota has 500 cows and 600 acres of row crops that supply forage and grain for the herd. But, in October, Vold received an offer that […]
“I Am Boots on the Ground”: How Conservation Steward Javier Zamora Supports New Farmers
What looks good on paper doesn’t always translate on farm. That is why agricultural innovation and improvement conversations often pack the most punch when they’re led by someone who has road-tested big ideas and has the most at stake: the farmers and ranchers themselves. To foster these producer-led conversations, America’s Conservation Ag Movement brought together […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Lori Captain, Executive Vice-President of Global Sustainability Strategy, Science and Industry Affairs, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy’s model for collaboration is helping to galvanize the industry, remove barriers for conservation and advance climate-smart agriculture According to the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, their goal is a “world where U.S. dairy unlocks transformative good for people and the planet, becoming a catalyst for a healthy, sustainable future.” The checkoff-funded […]
Growers Need Additional Tools to Maintain Healthy Crops; Aligning Innovation with Sustainability Throughout the Value Chain
For America’s Conservation Ag Movement Partner Valent U.S.A., a commitment to sustainability is woven into the input leader’s corporate fabric, in large part because of its owner, Sumitomo Chemical, which has been committed to the practice since its inception in 1913. As the agriculture industry places more emphasis on sustainability, Valent U.S.A. is relying upon […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: John Duff, Strategic Consultant, United Sorghum Checkoff Program and National Sorghum Producers
Sorghum’s benefits in sustainability are helping advocates lead the way into more market opportunities for the resource-conserving crop The United Sorghum Checkoff Program and National Sorghum Producers hail sorghum as “The Resource Conserving Crop” because of a myriad of benefits that the crop provides, both for agronomic conservation practices and for biodiversity. “Sorghum has been […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Shaun Berry Vice-President, Research & Development Certis Biologicals
As adoption of biologicals increases, so does the need for science-based decisions and trusted advisors. Certis Biologicals, the legacy innovator in the space, brings expertise and a commitment to sustainability that helps them cut through the noise. For more than 60 years, Certis Biologicals has been investing in research to shore up the reputation of […]
ACAM Executive Q&A: Michael Gomes, V.P. Sustainability and Global Corporate Responsibility, Topcon
AEM member Topcon discusses how today’s tools can help producers make better management decisions and quantify how good for business is also good for the environment. Mechanization is more than red, blue, yellow, green and orange machines. The collection of components that ride along on farm equipment enable global positioning, optimize implement adjustments, provide […]
At The Convergence of Tech and Climate, Syngenta Is Bringing Solutions That Protect Biodiversity
The inaugural GreenBiz BLOOM 23, held concurrently with GreenBiz VERGE 23 in San Jose, Calif., attracted leaders from NGOs, food companies, technology and academia to discuss the link between the climate and biodiversity crises and how stakeholders across the value chain can enact meaningful change for the benefit of both. For Syngenta, the show served […]