INDUSTRY NEWS

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl will once again provide educational opportunities with its Dairy Forage Seminars, held virtually in 2020 on the new World Forage Analysis Superbowl YouTube channel.

In July 2020, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it accepted around 1.2 million new acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands initiative. These acres were accepted from applications submitted between March 16 and May 15, 2020.

Unit sales of agricultural tractors and self-propelled combines in August 2020 were positive for the fifth month in a row in the U.S. and stayed above the previous year for the third consecutive month in Canada, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

This year's harvest is one of financial hardship for many American farmers. Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is stepping up to help.

Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about dirt, but it’s critical to our lives. Healthy soil helps produce food, supports biodiversity, filters and stores water and – crucially – can capture carbon.

On Aug. 26, the EPA and the USDA announced the Next Gen Fertilizer challenges, a joint EPA-USDA partnership and competition to advance agricultural sustainability in the U.S.