Indigo Acquires Soil Metrics, Reaffirms Commitment to Carbon Program
Indigo Agriculture, a company leveraging nature and technology to unlock economic and environmental progress in agriculture, today announced a deepened commitment to advancing discovery in soil carbon science, enabled by…
Read More...Dollars in the dirt: Big Ag pays farmers for control of their soil-bound carbon
The biggest global agriculture companies are competing on a new front: enticing farmers to join programs that keep atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide in the soil.
Read More...Study: Warming climate means shortages on Pecos River
Federal water managers warn that like other basins across the western U.S., the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico is likely to experience growing water shortages as temperatures continue to…
Read More...UC Davis to lead groundwater & irrigation study
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to find ways to sustain irrigated agriculture while…
Read More...‘Self-serving garbage.’ Wildfire experts escalate fight over saving California forests
Over the past few years, as California has endured record-breaking wildfires, a legion of fire scientists is delivering a blunt message to those who oppose forest thinning: Get out of…
Read More...USDA launches first phase of soil carbon monitoring efforts through Conservation Reserve Program
The USDA is investing $10 million in a new initiative to sample, measure and monitor soil carbon on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres to better quantify the climate outcomes of the program.
Read More...Western Lawmakers Unveil Alternative to 30×30 Initiative
U.S. Senator Steve Daines, chair of the Senate Western Caucus, today unveiled a blueprint for responsible, effective conservation supporting Montana and the West. Daines’ “Western Conservation Principles” serves as an…
Read More...USDA Announces $3 Billion Investment in Agriculture, Animal Health, and Nutrition; Unveils New Climate Partnership Initiative
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a comprehensive set of investments to address challenges facing America’s agricultural producers. These include assistance to address challenges and costs associated with drought, animal…
Read More...Are your cattle heat-tolerant?
Heat stress negatively affects animals’ performance, including their milk production, growth rate, and fertility. Producers often select their breeding livestock for productivity gains. As many Western regions experience hotter and…
Read More...US says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is ready to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker — and 22 others — gone for good, tripling the number of species delisted due to extinction.…
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