The Terra-Glide Technology systems have evolved from concept to reality, now looking to deliver measurable financial and ecological benefits to the world of agriculture – a world that has been thrust into an era where true conservation of the world’s farmlands using sustainable agriculture methods is no longer an option, but a necessity. Terra-Glide is a revolutionary no-tillage [...]
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Benefits of the Vesco”Terra-Glide” Technology
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, Farming, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, Sustainable on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Greenhouse gas calculator connects farming practices with carbon credits
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, soil erosion on August 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
MADISON, WI, August 9th, 2010 – Greenhouse gas markets, where invisible gases are traded, must seem like black boxes to most people. Farmers can make money on these markets, such as the Chicago Climate Exchange, by installing methane capture technologies in animal-based systems, no-till farming, establishing grasslands, and planting trees. Farmers, students, extension educators, offset [...]
No Till: Wind and water
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, No Till Farming, soil erosion on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Mark Watson, Panhandle No-till Educator Thursday, July 22, 2010 The value of leaving the previous crop’s residue attached and on the soil surface has been evident again this spring. The year started out with high winds during the winter which caused severe wind erosion in several summer fallow wheat fields around the region. Evidence [...]
Vesco Agricultural Technologies…Setting a new standard in No-Till farming equipment. Legal and Legislative factors
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, No Till Farming, organic, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Farming has generally been an unregulated activity. The primary legal and legislative involvement has been in the approval and regulation of chemical sprays and fertilizers. That is now changing. Farmers are finding that environmental concerns are leading to legal and legislative impacts on their business activities. This fact was highlighted as long ago as February 11, [...]
Seeds of change sown by no-till revolution
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, tagged Agriculture, No Till Farming, soil erosion on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In recent years, Australia’s broadacre cropping industry has witnessed a revolution of an unprecedented scale.The no-till movement across diverse Australian cropping landscapes has been highly successful with the proportion of growers using no-till now at nearly 90 per cent in many cropping districts. According to the a report released by the Grains Research and Development [...]
No-Till Farming May Be Best Way to Reduce Ag’s Carbon Footprint
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, organic, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Kristen Ridley There’s been a lot of talk about the benefits of open pasture with grass-fed livestock to the environment, particularly about it’s capacity to sequester tons of carbon, but what about non-animal agriculture? As I recently reported, soil cultivation is responsible for the majority of agricultural carbon emissions, and over-cultivation is one of [...]
A Case for No-Till Farming
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, tagged Agriculture, No Till Farming on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This story is a supplement to the feature “No-Till: How Farmers Are Saving the Soil by Parking Their Plows” The slow pace at which soil rebuilds makes its conservation essential By David R. Montgomery A fundamental drawback of conventional farming is that it fosters topsoil erosion, especially on sloping land. Tillage leaves the ground surface [...]
Securing carbon in our soil
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Farming, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Nicole Schuetz Better farming practices can improve crop yield and lock up greenhouse gases Everybody knows plants store carbon. But soils do too. That’s the idea behind organic no-till farming, a cultivation technique that could dramatically increase soil carbon storage across the globe. Research has shown organic farming methods sequester more carbon per acre [...]
Storing CO2 in soil should be on U.N. agenda: Gore
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Developing emissions markets to encourage farmers in poor countries to store more carbon dioxide in soil should be a key topic on the U.N. climate talks agenda, global warming activist Al Gore said. “I think that soil carbon conservation and recarbonizing of soil must be the next stage in this negotiating process,” former U.S. Vice [...]
Carbon credits offer opportunities for farmers
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, soil erosion, Sustainable on June 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
No-till fields store carbon in the form of soil organic matter, which can be sold by farmers, providing them with an additional source of income. As the United States looks to become more green, a program to trade carbon credits from farmland could play a role. When carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, by vehicles [...]
