McDonald's & Syngenta Team Up to Create More Sustainable Hamburger

The fast-food giant and meat supplier Lopez Foods will pay farmers to use Syngenta’s Enogen corn to drive feed efficiencies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

By Nathan Owens posted on November 15, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Agriculture Dive

The fast-food giant and meat supplier Lopez Foods will pay farmers to use Syngenta’s Enogen corn to drive feed efficiencies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Can Interseeding Cover Crops Work?

Using the right equipment and planting in corn early might be the keys to success.

By Chris Torres posted on May 9, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Farm Progress

Using the right equipment and planting in corn early might be the keys to successful interseeding.

Biden's Proposed Budget Plan Would Make Cover Crop Pilot Programs Permanent

March 14, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics

The Biden administration released a $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week that could propel more farmers toward cover crops and other conservation agriculture practices if approved.

[Video] 60 Years of Cover Crop Use

June 3, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

In this video from the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program, Larry Thompson, a grower from Damascus, Ore., farms 120 acres of 30-40 organic crops. The operation has been using covers since the 1960s to improve soil tilth.

Comparing Cover Crop Research Results: 3 Takeaways

By Sarah Hill posted on September 3, 2020 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Cover crop experience, seeding covers with cash crops and termination methods are areas where farmers share both similarities and differences according to two recent reports.

SARE Asks Cover Crop Growers to Participate in Survey

March 26, 2020

Once again, the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program (SARE) is sending out a national cover crop survey to farmers. They are asking farmers to complete the online survey by April 12.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.

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