New Online Tool Aims to Accelerate Conservation Agriculture
Farmer engagement with data-driven, farmer-centered messaging doubled compared to traditional outreach strategies. Lenexa, Kan. (Feb. 1, 2024) — A new web-based tool provides an interactive guide to help conservation professionals optimize and scale engagement with farmers and ranchers. The step-by-step tool is designed to help groups ranging from supply chain businesses to local conservation districts develop effective ways […]
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 […]
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 […]
Trust In Beef™ Deepens Expertise With New Partners
Ducks Unlimited and ABS Global further the program’s capabilities to support ranchers in enacting climate-smart change with technical assistance and genetic innovation. Lenexa, Kan.,– For two years Trust In Beef has been working to empower beef producers on their sustainability journeys by leveraging the power of Farm Journal’s Trust In Food and Drovers brands with the ingenuity and innovation […]
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 […]
Connecting Producers to the Climate-Smart Economy with Opportunity Navigator
As I think about what to expect from this year’s Sustainable Ag Summit, I imagine there will be great celebration and excitement around the growth of conservation agriculture and investment programs — from the Climate-Smart Commodities Partnership program to new announcements from corporate giants like Walmart, General Mills and PepsiCo. Of course, all these programs ultimately […]
How New Carbon Claims Shortchange Sustainable Agriculture and Why It Matters
Making sense of evolving carbon markets and understanding their on-farm implications is not for the faint of heart. Mitchell Hora, CEO of Continuum Ag, seventh generation Iowa farmer and advocate for regenerative agriculture, has made it his mission to help producers navigate the carbon conversation. Most recently, Hora and Trust In Food President, Amy Skoczlas […]
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 […]