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Want healthier soil? Scientists say link it to crop insurance
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Civil
Eats
Most farmers know that the health of their soil is important, but they
don't all prioritize it over, say, maximizing what they grow each year.
Now, some scientists are looking into ways to ensure that more farmers —
especially those producing commodity crops in the middle of the country —
start taking soil seriously.  READ MORE
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Inspectors find most PA farms, while not all in compliance, are trying
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Bay
Journal
Pennsylvania farmers are finding themselves under increased scrutiny as the
state and many county conservation districts have ramped up their efforts
to check whether farms have required manure management and sediment control
plans. The inspections are part of the state's Chesapeake Bay "reboot"
strategy announced last year that was aimed at getting its Bay cleanup
efforts on track.  READ MORE
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California farms a new crop: Carbon
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Marin
Independent Journal
West Marin, California, ranches look to have a new type of crop: carbon.
Not a product to produce and sell, the goal is to bury carbon into soil to
get it out of the air, which in turn clears air by reducing greenhouse
gases. The practice can also help recharge groundwater tables. The state
Coastal Conservancy on Thursday provided $200,000 to the Marin Resource
Conservation District to implement carbon farming projects on up to 10
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Conservation cropping systems, crop rotation focus of study
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Abilene
Reporter-News
Conservation practices are a growing part of cropping systems in the
Rolling Plains, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists who are
helping producers look at the big picture, instead of just crop to crop.
Dr. Curtis Adams, cropping systems agronomist, and Dr. Paul DeLaune,
environmental soil scientist, both with AgriLife Research in Vernon, are
working jointly to research where conservation practices can be
incorporated into crop production.  READ MORE
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Perdue sworn in as ag secretary
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The
Associated Press via The Farmer's Exchange
After months of delay, the Senate on April 24 confirmed former Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue as agriculture secretary. He was officially sworn in April 25,
becoming the 31st U.S. secretary of agriculture. Perdue is the son of a
farmer and has owned several agricultural companies. As agriculture
secretary, he is in charge of around 100,000 employees and the nation's
food and farm programs, including agricultural subsidies and conservation
efforts, food safety, research and rural development programs for small
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Cover crops reduce loss of nitrogen and phosphorus to waterways
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Even though planting season has not yet started in full force, many fields
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