16 August 2010 – The United Nations today unveiled a decade-long push to raise awareness and mobilize action to fight desertification, which threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 100 countries. Desertification is defined as the degradation of drylands, which comprise more than 40 per cent of the world’s land surface [...]
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UN launches decade-long drive to combat desertification
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, soil, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, investment, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Land Degradation
Posted in Agriculture, soil, tagged Agriculture, investment, No Till Farming, soil erosion on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Mark Sircus Picture from the National Archives, taken during the “Dust Bowl” in the 1930’s The world’s croplands are in decline due to the pressure of human activities. The figure shows the regional and global trends in the total available area of the world’s croplands. The loss of arable land has been caused by a number [...]
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 [...]
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Posted in Agriculture, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, No Till Farming, organic, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization and government policies that favored maximizing production. These changes allowed fewer farmers with reduced labor demands to produce the majority of the food and fiber in the U.S. Although [...]
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 [...]
