Corn planted into no-till corn residue near Minden, Iowa. Such practices help ethanol firms make lower-carbon ethanol incentivized by government tax credits like 45Z. (USDA photo) Four major farm bill ...

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (left) presents to the Assembly Ag Committee. (photo: Asm. Robert Rivas' office) The California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Environmental Farming and ...

A multi-institutional, international effort known as the Ruminant Telomere-to-Telomere consortium, or RT2T, is aiming to make scientific history by publishing the complete genomes of more than 300 ...

Amid high demand for its regenerative agricultural pilot program, USDA is boosting funding by $300 million for the next ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay is publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English ...

Farming—at least as we know it today—is especially vulnerable to changes in climate because of its fundamental reliance on natural conditions. Climate determines the level and timing of precipitation, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new global study shows that both conservation and farming production can improve when women farmers are more involved in decision-making. The ...

The Grover family has successfully secured a conservation easement for their expansive 115-acre farm located in Alaska. This ...

A randomised trial of 400 Ugandan smallholder farmers found that training in conservation agriculture with biochar raised ...

The City of Davis finalized a $1.3 million acquisition of a 217-acre agricultural conservation easement in Solano County, a ...