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Conserving farmland also benefits the air we breathe
A new study shows how land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program also significantly improves air quality in the region, which can save thousands of lives per year.
Hemp isn't the drought-resistant lifeline Texas farmers hoped for
The 2022 drought season showed claims of drought-resistant hemp were exaggerated. Farmers are now ditching the crop.
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Coalition lobbies Congress to spur regenerative agriculture
A newly formed coalition is pushing to ensure that the 2023 farm bill focuses on regenerative agriculture, a practice that advocates say improves soil health, reduces harmful emissions and transfor…
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Regenerative farming is the answer for Ten Creek Range and Stoney Creek Farm
Fifth generation farmer, Karlie Wellnitz, and her husband Cody, founded Ten Creek Range in March of 2018.
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How corn ethanol for biofuel fed climate change
The Renewable Fuel Standard promised to pay farmers to fight climate change and boost U.S. energy independence. A new five-year study of its impact on land use suggests that it did neither—even while it fueled fertilizer use and water pollution.
How an ancient harvest practice pushed EU’s new farm reform to the edge
Farm ministers watered down requirements for a practice that dates back to biblical times.
Art Cullen: Climate change is killing the farm belt. With a little help, farmers can fix it
Farms produce the gases that cause climate change. Here's how we can change that — and help farmers, too.
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