Tag: climate change
A hard change is gonna come
Alan Guebert encourages those in the ag industry to stop telling the market what we will produce and start listening to what it needs us to produce.
Heat waves cause problems for bee populations
A research team led by Penn State was the first to study how extreme heat waves affect the host-pathogen relationship between two species of solitary bees.
Curbing cow belches in the name of climate change mitigation
A Penn State livestock emissions expert received a grant from the Greener Cattle Initiative to mitigate intestinal methane emissions from cattle.
Climate change delay is climate change denial
Alan Guebert digs into the attitudes towards climate change in Washington.
Ohio and Pennsylvania are in a drought
It’s going to take more than a few days of rain to pull the region out of its unusually dry start to the growing season. Much of Ohio and Pennsylvania were officially designated as being in a drought last week.
The world’s most important food faces uncertain future
As the world heats up, rice farmers are facing never-before-seen problems that will require never-before-seen solutions that will take years to implement.
The carbon offset market may not be the solution we want...
Alan Guebert explains the challenges and effectiveness of the young, evolving, $2 billion carbon offset market.
Mother Nature dictates how we can farm
Climate change is reshaping the landscape in the western U.S. and dictating where farming is possible. Alan Guebert digs into the government's response.
2022 the third-costliest disaster year on record
Last year was the third-costliest year for weather disasters in U.S. history, according to a new analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
USDA pumps another $325 million into “climate-smart” farming
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced another $325 million for “climate-smart” farming projects, bringing the total funding for the new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program to over $3 billion.
