Collaborative study of “structure from motion” has shown accurate assessments of cereal rye cover crop stands can be made using inexpensive GoPro cameras and sophisticated computer analysis
Research into accurately estimating total biomass of standing cover crops from a moving tractor may eventually spawn new ways for no-tillers to save money on planting rates and herbicide use in row crops.
Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Friday the U.S. farm economy is in the “worst economic straits in a century” with tough challenges on prices, markets and labor all hitting at the same time.
The Washington D.C.-based National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition issued its second sharply-worded news release in a week denouncing the freezes, some of which target conservation programs the administration promised last month would not be affected.
In the US, 2024/25 ending stocks are estimated at 1.540B bu of corn (vs. consensus 1.527B bu), 380MM bu of soybeans (vs. consensus 378MM bu), and 794MM bu of wheat (vs. consensus 799MM bu).
The high temporal resolution of HLS has enabled the USDA, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Maryland Department of Agriculture to verify reported cover crop terminations from space.
The were selected to implement President Trump’s America First agenda, ensuring that the needs of America’s farmers, ranchers and producers remain a top priority, the White House said.
While cover crops are useful for suppressing weeds, research finds they don’t stand alone as a tactic in the long-term fight against herbicide resistance
While the USDA estimates only about 10% of U.S. cropland is being managed with cover crops for various soil health and weed suppression reasons, recent research across the Corn Belt shows over-wintering cereal crop covers can significantly reduce weed biomass.
With an industry that is seemingly on the brink of a crisis, a coalition of more than 400 of U.S. farm, agricultural and grower groups sent a letter to Washington imploring Senate members to confirm Brooke Rollins as the next USDA secretary.
Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits.
On Jan. 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the publication of an interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks.
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