sustainable farming

Farmers Adopting Cover Crops Are More Likely to Adopt Other Conservation Practices

By Maria Bowman and Andrew Rosenberg posted on August 14, 2025 | Posted in Economics, Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: USDA: Economic Research Service

Cover crops are driving smarter nutrient management and greater adoption of sustainable farming practices.

Calling All Cover Crop Enthusiasts

July 4, 2025 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: PennState Extension

Are you passionate about soil health and sustainable farming? Do you want to be part of a cutting-edge, farmer-driven research effort? This fall, the Cover Crop Variety Testing Network is inviting producers like you to become citizen scientists.

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McDonald's & Syngenta Team Up to Create More Sustainable Hamburger

The fast-food giant and meat supplier Lopez Foods will pay farmers to use Syngenta’s Enogen corn to drive feed efficiencies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

By Nathan Owens posted on November 15, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Agriculture Dive

The fast-food giant and meat supplier Lopez Foods will pay farmers to use Syngenta’s Enogen corn to drive feed efficiencies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

General Mills & Walmart to Advance Regenerative Ag Across 600,000 Acres by 2030

October 18, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: Business Wire

General Mills, Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a collaboration today to help accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture on 600,000 acres in the U.S. by 2030.

Research Report Outlines Agriculture's Role in Global Sustainability Efforts

June 29, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Source: McKinsey & Company

Sustainable farming is necessary for decarbonization. But to get the world to net zero, the agriculture sector must take action along the entire value chain.

Storing Carbon in the Soil a Win-Win for Farmers

April 6, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Conservation News

In 2019, a UN report laid out a bitter truth: The current food system is fueling the destruction of Earth’s forests — and humanity must overhaul how we grow and ship food to stop climate breakdown. But countries are struggling to keep farming sustainable while meeting the mounting demand for production — which must increase by between 25 percent and 70 percent by 2050 to feed growing populations. Read more in this article from Conservation International.

Sustainable Farming, Including Cover Crops, is Economically Challenging for Farmers

October 18, 2019 | Posted in Economics

Source: The Daily Iowan

Mitchell Hora grows corn and soybeans in Washington County on a farm his family has owned for 115 years. He started planting cover crops four years ago and just recently started seeing economic progress after losing $100 an acre in his first year. Read more in this article from The Daily Iowan.

What I've Learned From No-Tilling: No-tilling, Cover Crops Help Tame Troublesome Soils

Abused, heavy clay soils are now almost fluffy and far more productive thanks to careful management focused on improvement.

By Angela "Annie" Dee posted on January 8, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

We went from farming white sugar sand to farming the heaviest of clay soils when my family moved our farming operation from Florida to Alabama in 1989. To say the move made farming a bit different would be a drastic understatement.

From the Desk of John Dobberstein

Cover Crops Contributing to the Bottom Line

By John Dobberstein posted on August 10, 2016 | Posted in Soil Health

Not convinced cover crops are a good investment? Many of your fellow no-tillers may disagree. See SARE’s fourth annual cover crop survey to find out why.