Pathways to Dairy Net Zero climate initiative garners global support
Achieving something known as net zero – in other words, balancing the amount of greenhouse gas produced by an activity and the amount removed from the...
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Optimizing nutrient management while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions
EnTech Solutions has formed a joint venture with Northern Biogas LLC aimed at providing a sustainable energy future utilizing local agriculture, speci...
Sustainable food production is focus of dairy industry partnership
Sustainability is such an oft-discussed topic of conversation in the food space that it’s become a buzzword. Who defines it? What does it mean? Aren’t...
Wrangling over budget, infrastructure funding, taxes
Between the budget battle, funding the infrastructure bill and an ambitious tax proposal, tens of billions of dollars in the agricultural economy hang...
Quorum sensing: Understanding the science of bacterial communication
Bacteria are all around us, and the role these microorganisms play in our environment – both on the farm and inside the animals themselves, is an incr...
Using genetic selection to reduce uterine prolapse in sows
Uterine prolapse is a serious issue of concern to swine producers. A 2018 Iowa State University study involving 400,000 commercials sows found that va...
Assessing damage to grain, soy trade from Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida rocked the Gulf coast last month, making landfall at New Orleans and causing significant damage to the infrastructure that supports the ...
Policy Update: WOTUS and Infrastructure Spending
Quite a lot has happened in Washington recently, from work on the federal budget to movement on further COVID-related relief policy. How has agricultu...
Challenge of manufacturing feed operation amid drought, wildfire
Producing more than 1.4 million tons of dry commercial feed every year is no small feat… doing it in a state beset by wildfires is another matter enti...
Drought, COVID and the cattle cycle
We’re on the tail end of the cattle cycle, according to Oklahoma State University agricultural economist Derrell Peel, and a combination of COVID-19’s...