The One-Percenters
One of the data points that I found most disheartening from the recent release of the 2022 Census of Agriculture was that the number of American farms has decreased 6.7% since 2017. On that decreasing farmland, 3.4 million producers grow the food that feeds us all. That’s just over 1% of our country’s population. The One Percent Movement […]
What is Smart about Smart Farming?
Ask a farmer what sustainability means, and you’ll often hear: that I financially survive to farm into the next season. In agriculture, sustainability and profitability are inextricably linked. As farmers are being asked to do more and produce more, with less, the razor-thin margins that many farm operations exist under are becoming quite dangerous. The challenge is […]
Searching for the Key to Conservation Success?
Ducks Unlimited and Trust In Food Say “Follow the Farmer” in Latest Podcast The 2022 Census of Agriculture, released in February of this year, paints a stark contrast between those who work every day to feed, clothe and fuel the world and those who directly benefit from the practice. “The Census shows a dip below 2% of […]
Making Farmer-Centered Innovation Common Practice
Earlier this week, Farm Journal was named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list for Trust In Food’s™ work on “cultivating a changemaking relationship with farmers” on the pathway to regenerative agriculture. The honor is thrilling, especially as we were an outlier agricultural stalwart in a sea of ag-tech start-ups. But, it does leave me with […]
Want Farm-Level Data? Answer These Three Questions First, Experts Say
Understanding farmers’ perspectives, motivations and values can help accelerate the data sharing needed to quantify and scale climate-smart agriculture in the U.S. As more points in the value chain seek production data, it’s still unclear to producers what information is needed, who benefits and who is willing to share the cost of collecting and reporting. […]
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 […]
The Sustainability Community is Collaborating, but Where Does the Farmer Fit In?
Is there Enough Shared Risk to be Truly Effective? Realizing that mitigating agriculture’s climate impact is too much for any one organization to tackle alone, the sustainability community is rallying around meaningful collaborations and partnerships to help get more conservation on the ground. Late last year, the annual 2023 Sustainable Agriculture Summit, sponsored by Field […]
USDA and NRCS are Stepping on the Gas to Implement More than $20 Billion in Conservation Funding
As a regenerative rancher and farmer, I’ve seen the value of USDA and the National Resources Conservation Service firsthand, both on my farm and ranch and on others across the nation. I’m an advocate for the services that the agencies provide, from the local all the way to the federal level. In 2024, as we […]
Industry Partnership Unveils Barriers and Opportunities in Sustainability Data Collection Throughout Pork Supply Chain
Trust In Food™ and The Sustainability Consortium explore data collection and sharing within pork and row crop producers, find gaps worth exploring. Lenexa, Kan., (February 7, 2024) – Amid the new focus on regenerative practices in U.S. agriculture and the unprecedented investments in climate-smart commodities, Farm Journal’s Trust In Food™ and The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) are partnering to gather insights into […]