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What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
2017-04-17 19:23:19| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, Director of Conservation Policy and NFU Foundation As discussed in previous Climate Column articles, specific practices, like no-till farming and planting cover crops, allow farmers to mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, in many instances, simply keeping land in production will secure important climate benefits. The Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) Agricultural […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Prescribed Grazing
2017-04-10 19:21:11| National Farmers Union
By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Coordinator Here on the Climate Column, we have covered a number of conservation practices, many of which are specific either to cropland, such as alley cropping, or to livestock, such as waste management. One approach that incorporates both livestock and land is prescribed grazing, which, as NRCS describes it, is the controlled harvest […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Riparian Forest Buffers
2017-04-03 19:20:27| National Farmers Union
By Hannah Packman, NFU Communications Coordinator Several weeks ago, the Climate Column introduced filter strips, also known as buffer strips, which are areas of vegetation planted between cropland and surface water to obstruct the passage of sediment and pollutants into environmentally sensitive areas. One subcategory of filter strips are riparian forest buffers, described by the National […]
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Trump Executive Order Reverses American Climate Change Progress, Leadership
2017-03-28 20:11:28| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON In a sweeping and regressive executive order on energy, President Donald Trump today reversed years of progress in the U.S.-led fight against climate change. The order dismantles critical Obama-era policies that prepare the United States to mitigate and adapt to the effects […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Dynamic Cropping Systems: Tom Tranthams Story
2017-03-27 18:29:49| National Farmers Union
By Laura Lengnick, founder of Cultivating Resilience, LLC This story is excerpted from Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate (New Society Publishers, 2015). Resilient Agriculture explores climate risk, resilience, and the future of food through the adaptation stories of 25 award-winning sustainable farmers and ranchers growing fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and livestock across America. […]
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