On this day in 1933, the first giant dust storm, dubbed “The Great Black Blizzard” began rolling across the Great Plains. Most Americans are familiar with the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, but the story of how we got there is rather interesting. It really begins back in the ealry-1800s when explorer and map-maker …
Remember that old saying, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade? That’s exactly what dairy farmers and researchers around the country are doing as they hunt for ways to monetize poop. Entrepreneurial dairy farmers, with an assist from anaerobic digesters, are finding ways to transform manure into money while also solving some climate concerns. Manure …
It was around this day back in 1785 that a Baptist teacher and preacher named Elijah Craig founded a distillery in Kentucky using corn to make whiskey. Craig has sometimes been claimed to have been the first to age the whiskey in charred oak casks, “a process that gives the bourbon its brownish color and …
Bloomberg ran an article last week titled, “Climate Change Will Cut Corn Yields by a Quarter by 2030, NASA Says“. The article was circulating around the trade and catching a lot of attention, so I thought we should take a deeper look. Whatever side of the aisle you sit on in the climate change debate, …
Latest NASA Research Suggests Climate Change May Cause Big Crop Production Problems Read More »
Many of my rural friends have had “turducken” and it’s damn good, especially around Thanksgiving time. For those who don’t “turducken” is simply a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, which is then stuffed into a partially deboned turkey. Each layer is traditionally separated with stuffing or sausage, creating a layered effect when the …
I’ve Eaten a Turducken but What the Heck is Tofurky with Algae? Read More »
Argentine farmers are set to produce a record corn crop in 2021-22, with the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service’s Buenos Aires Post pegging production +1.5 million more than the USDA’s official estimate. The record-setting corn crop will partially be at the expense of soybeans as several factors make the oilseed less attractive to Argentine farmers. New …
Corn Has Overtaken Soybeans to Become Argentina’s Top Crop Read More »
Sustainable farming is about more than just minimizing the impact on the environment. Taking care of the land to cultivate healthy soil and expand biodiversity results in the natural capturing of carbon, which helps to fight climate change while also contributing to better tasting and healthier food. “Cooks Venture” is a new company building …
Researchers in China say they’ve perfected a process for making high-protein animal feed “out of nothing” that they claim can be used on an industrial scale. State media is hailing it as a breakthrough that could reduce the country’s dependency on imported soybeans to feed its enormous livestock industry. The Chinese agricultural ministry supported the …
Chinese Researchers Claim Breakthrough on Making Animal Feed From Carbon Emissions Read More »
GreenLight Biosciences just christened its new production facility in Rochester, New York, where the biotech startup aims to mass-produce RNA and enzymes for use in pest-fighting crop products. The company, which focuses on RNA research, design, and manufacturing for human, animal, and plant health, says its proprietary technology can produce RNA more efficiently and cheaply …
NEW Factory Producing “RNA-Based Solutions” for Agriculture… Interesting! Read More »
