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February 8, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
Conservation Game Changers Are Gathering In Kansas City
 

The conservation community is gathering in Kansas City this week to change the game on how we meet this historic opportunity for agriculture. We will be strategizing with sustainability leaders from across the food and agriculture value chain, unveiling new tools and insights and celebrating the work that our public and private sector coalitions have been doing.

Please visit www.TrustInFood.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn for continuing coverage of this event. 

Also gathering in Kansas City this week are thousands of Top Producers at Farm Journal's Top Producer Summit. We are proud to share coverage of that event with you. Please visit www.agweb.com for continued coverage from that event. 

 
 
 
 
New Online Tool Aims to Accelerate Conservation Agriculture
 

A new web-based tool provides an interactive guide to help conservation professionals optimize and scale engagement with farmers and ranchers. The step-by-step tool is designed to help groups ranging from supply chain businesses to local conservation districts develop effective ways to engage farmers on how conservation can fit within their operations, encourage adoption and enroll producers into programs.

Farm Journal’s Trust In Food™ developed ReachFarmersFaster.com in partnership with the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative and Environmental Initiative to meet the challenge of scaling conservation agriculture with mainstream producers using a data-informed campaign to facilitate the next wave of practice adoption. 

Trust In Food's David Frabotta shares more information about this important tool and how it can be used to reach farmers faster. 

 
 
 
 
Industry Partnership Unveils Barriers and Opportunities in Sustainability Data Collection Throughout Pork Supply Chain
 

Amid the new focus on regenerative practices in U.S. agriculture and the unprecedented investments in climate-smart commodities, Farm Journal’s Trust In Food and The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) are partnering to gather insights into the vital role that data collection and sharing plays in measuring sustainability in the pork supply chain.  

The partnership recently released its report, “Farmer Perspectives On Data 2023: Barriers And Opportunities to More Robust Feed Sustainability Data In U.S. Pork Supply Chains,” which is the latest in a series of reports that examine how farmers are capturing, using and sharing data in their operations and in the downstream value chain.  

Trust In Food's Jamie Sears Rawlings digs into the report findings and what impact they can have on data's role in the climate-smart economy. 

 
 
 
 

News We’re Following

 

Want to know who was awarded Top Producer 2024 this year? Want to hear the amazing stories from top producers across the nation? There is still time to watch the 2024 Top Producer Awards online. 

Also, you can visit www.agweb.com to follow continued coverage of this event. 

 
 

The work never stops, even if the machines do. 

In Newport, Ark., Hallie Shoffner is focused on potential at her 2,000-acre operation, SFR Seed, a family business specializing in seed production and research. Shoffner is carrying on a mission her mother began in 1988. 

“She trained me in how to increase pure seed stock of soybeans and rice, and it's been a journey of me learning what she did, and then adopting new practices in the field, particularly in terms of rice work,” says Hallie Shoffner, Top Producer of the Year Next Gen Award winner, sponsored by Pioneer and Fendt.

Shoffner was awarded the Top Producer Next-Gen Award at the 2024 Top Producer Summit this week in Kansas City. 

Farm Journal's Clinton Griffiths is bringing news of Shoffner and other top producers live from the Top Producer Summit. Learn more and follow the continued coverage. 

 
 

As a sixth generation Iowa farmer, Pam Johnson has been sharing agriculture’s food, fiber and fuel stories her entire life.  

“Being an advocate for agriculture, it's part of who I am,” she says. 

Her achievements on the farm and across the industry led to her receiving the 2024 Top Producer Women in Ag Award, sponsored by the Farm Journal Foundation. 

Johnson was awarded the Top Producer Women in Ag Award at the 2024 Top Producer Summit this week in Kansas City. 

Farm Journal's editorial staff is bringing news of Johnson and other top producers live from the Top Producer Summit. Learn more and follow the continued coverage. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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