December 26, 2024LAND USE ... Solar Burgers: How Agrivoltaics Is Marrying Food Production With Green Energy Across North America, solar farm owners are increasingly deploying sheep and even pigs at their sites READ MORE
December 23, 2024RESOURCES ... Apply by January 5, 2025 for 2025 Technical Assistance! Efforts aim to build healthy soils, farms, food systems and communities READ MORE
December 23, 2024GET UPDATED ... Michigan Soybean On-Farm Research Results Available in January Learn about historical climate trends impacting our growing season READ MORE
December 20, 2024NEW ROLE ... Rancher and Conservationist Joins CDA as Conservation Services Division Director Caviness has served leadership roles in agriculture, conservation, and state and federal policy READ MORE
December 20, 2024clean energy ... Interior Department Finalizes Framework for Future of Solar Development on Public Lands Updated Western Solar Plan to guide responsible development in 11 Western states READ MORE
December 18, 2024sustainable corn ... FFAR Grant Seeks to Decrease Corn Inputs, Increases Climate Resiliency New project seeks to transform corn production toward a goal of nitrogen circularity READ MORE
December 18, 2024FUNDING AWARDED ... $3.6 Million Awarded to Farmers Across Massachusetts Programs include initiatives to improve food safety, composting, cranberry bog renovation, and climate resiliency on farms READ MORE
December 17, 2024CARBON CAPTURE ... New Chemical Structures Developed at Oregon State Show Vastly Improved Carbon Capture Ability Research aims to discover an important tactic in climate change mitigation READ MORE
December 17, 2024RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ... New Device Produces Critical Fertilizer Ingredient From Thin Air Study, published Dec. 13 in Science Advances, involved the first on-site – rather than in a lab – demonstration of the technology READ MORE
December 17, 2024SUSTAINING FORESTS ... Nearly $335M in USDA Grants to Support Private Forestland Management and Conservation Incentives for landowners to adopt sustainable forest management practices READ MORE