Environment
Seven environmental projects will benefit from $32 million in research funding through the Climate Change and Atmospheric Research Initiative (CCAR). Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Delaware Nutrient Management Commission has released its 2012 Annual Report, documenting the progress Delaware farmers have made in reducing nutrient runoff. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A popular MN lake will have cleaner water in the future because of a recent out-of-court settlement between a dairy farmer and lakeshore residents. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Don’t miss Friday’s (May 17) webcast on mono-slope beef barns. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Ministry of the Environment is monitoring the clean up of a manure spill near Palmyra, in east Chatham-Kent, that occurred recently. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Maryland Farm Bureau and the Department of Agriculture have successfully defended farmer privacy in a case that began more than six years ago. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Simplot says the nutrients and allergens are no different from conventional potatoes. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A group of Yakima Valley residents is seeking to limit when dairy operators can spray manure onto fields, a common practice in the dairy industry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Neonicotinoids are under intense scrutiny. But a ban of a broad variety of pesticides may be required to protect bees, humans and the environment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It represents an important step in the growing awareness and contribution of the apicultural sector to Canadian agriculture. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving part of a $10 million federal grant to study greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2010, an increase of 13 percent from 1990 Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An agricultural air quality conference will be held June 27-28 at the University of California - Davis conference center. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are in various stages of a program that gives farms nearly a decade of amnesty from new environmental regulations. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Kelsey Bruning, a senior in civil engineering at Iowa State University, placed third in the recent Ron Sheffield Memorial Student Poster Contest Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Dealing with sludge is one of the biggest issues of wastewater treatment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Research attempts to balance more efficient uptake during cows’ digestion of nitrogen feed to help reduce cattles’ flatulence responsible for methane. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farm Management Canada has launched a competition to win an all-expense paid trip to the International Farm Management Congress in Poland in July 2013. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new report on local food projects across Ontario has been completed by University of Guelph experts. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Five dairies in Washington’s Yakima Valley have filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits brought against them. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!