Dairy and beef cattle production is continually cited and maligned as a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG), contributing substantially to climate change. In fact, animal agriculture could actually become climate neutral, says Frank Mitloehner, an air quality specialist with the University of California-Davis.

For the past four years, a team has been working to develop a system that can simultaneously variable rate products at prescribed rates for in-furrow application. Not only does this method reduce inputs where they aren’t needed, it also is designed to provide full trackability and traceability of where the inputs were applied and accurately bill the farmer for exactly what was used. 

Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either risk more revenue volatility or live with a more predictable decrease in crop yields.

Vermonters are now asked to save leftovers like peels, rinds, cores, eggshells, coffee grounds and tea bags from the garbage, plus unfinished plate scraps, reports Fox News.

A climate benefit from slowing the agriculture industry is reducing the methane from livestock and nitrous oxide from treating fields with fertilizers, says this article in Time.