Agweek3d
Federal legislation would define prior converted cropland to give farmers long-term certainty
S.D., has introduced the Farmers Freedom Act of 2025 to provide a permanent definition of prior converted cropland -- land farmed prior to Dec. 23, 1985 -- in federal law.
China could lose 35% of its cropland by 2100, scientists warn
Researchers say even if countries meet Paris Agreement targets on climate change, key agricultural areas could become ...
Talk Business & Politics1d
Riceland’s Ben Noble testifies on Farm Bill need
The U.S. Congress has not passed a new Farm Bill since 2018 and even that bill uses commodity price points from 2012.
Book excerpt: "The Antidote" by Karen Russell
The bestselling author of "Swamplandia!" and "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" returns with a Nebraska Dust Bowl-era tale of a ...
EIA6h
UK’s 7th carbon budget – a golden opportunity to lead on global super-pollutant action
On 26 February, the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) published the “Seventh Carbon Budget – Advice for the UK government”, ...
A Food Crisis Is Brewing – Climate Change Could Put Half of the World’s Crops at Risk
New research reveals that a significant drop in crop diversity due to temperature increases exceeding 1.5°C could have a ...
Farmers are caught in a political brawl over climate and DEI language
Biden funded farm projects that mention climate change. Trump wants to cut them. Farmers say they just want the money they ...
Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields – new research
We found that the number of birds on the mixed-habitat solar farms was typically twice that of the intensively managed sites, ...
The Citizens' Voice5d
New wildlife habitat funding available
If interested in wildlife habitat on your property, but don’t have the expertise or the finances to accomplish your goals, or own cropland and want to do more for wildlife, especially on ...