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INTERVIEW: USSA’s Carlos Suárez on Sun

Nebraska Reigns Supreme at the 2023 Beef Quality Assurance Awards

The Awards annually recognize outstanding beef and dairy producers, marketers, and educators that uphold the BQA commitment to food safety, animal welfare, and beef quality.

Meeting the Call: How California is Pioneering a Pathway to Significant Dairy Sector Methane Reduction

14 December 2022: The report sets out how California’s dairy sector can reduce methane emissions by 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.

2022 USDA Science Highlights

January 2023: This report summarizes USDA’s progress toward its science goals in 2022 as it strives to make research programs more equitable, tackle food and nutrition security, develop climate-smart solutions, and build more and better markets.

This Fifth-Generation Farm is Targeting a Better Future for Black Growers and The Planet

To mark Black History Month, we profile the fifth-generation Black-owned family farm supplying Target with sustainable cotton as part of the Target Forward sustainability strategy.

New Corn Sustainability Assurance Protocol Promotes U.S. Corn Sustainability Worldwide

This initiative enables corn farmers to share their sustainable production practices and the regulations they adhere to with international markets, highlighting their alignment with increasingly climate-focused requirements.

The Global Beef Industry Can Cut GHG Emissions by up to 85% Through Collaboration, Study Finds

Such reductions can be achieved by opting for more efficient feeds and production areas and restoring forests in areas where production is inefficient.

Seventy Million Invested in Building Resilient, Climate-Smart Agrifood Systems

The seven projects have a mutual goal to establish robust, resilient, and climate-smart food and agricultural systems.

Louisiana Rice Farm Makes Conservation History

The conservation easement means that Live Oak Farm in Vermilion Parish will remain privately owned and in agricultural production in perpetuity, with funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NCRS).

USDA’s Science Mission 2022: Innovative Breakthroughs, Research Revelations, and Data Discoveries

A $9.5 million investment in sustainable bioproduct manufacturing, new ways to track COVID in animals, and a unique mobile system for assessing and mapping out soil carbon in real time are just some of the many science and innovation achievements made.

Soy Sits at the Center of a More Circular Economy, Says the United Soybean Board’s Mac Marshall

From deforestation and subsequent loss of biodiversity to GHG emissions, soy production often gets bad press. Hear the other side of the story from Mac Marshall, Vice President, Market Intelligence, The United Soybean Board, as he asserts the benefits of soy cultivation.

U.S. Policies and Laws in Support of Sustainability

A comprehensive set of papers that summarizes major U.S. federal laws that affect the crop, livestock, fishery and forestry sectors.