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Profitable Practices: Greenhouse innovation with Red Sun Farms

Real Agriculture

is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario. Across the province, the Ontario greenhouse vegetable industry grows tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers in 3,900 acres of greehhouse, producing 521 million kilograms of fresh vegetables with a farm gate value of more than $1.4 is one of 170 greenhouse vegetable farms in Ontario.

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How fenland farmers are cutting greenhouse gases from peat

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly High levels of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the drained lowland peat soils in the Fens are threatening to change how they are managed and what they can produce.

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Nithya Rajan named director of Center for Greenhouse Gas Management in Agriculture and Forestry

AgriLife Today

Center to serve as global leader in research, communicating greenhouse gas emission impacts Nithya Rajan, Ph.D., has been named director of the Center for Greenhouse Gas Management in Agriculture and Forestry, Bryan-College Station — an organization established in February 2023 by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Texas A&M University.

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Using artificial intelligence to calculate GHGs at the individual farm level

Real Agriculture

While policy leaders around the world are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an unprecedented speed, the science is still working to catch up, at least when it comes to measuring carbon sequestration rates and emissions at the farm level. The conventional way of measuring carbon is to look at what is currently. Read More

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Letter regarding implementation framework for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

NASDA

Further reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the agricultural and forestry supply chain will require a comprehensive effort involving financial and technical assistance, research investments, proactive response to innovation, public-private partnerships, and a commitment to equitable opportunities for all producers. We urge the U.S.

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USDA Launches Interactive Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Data Viewer

USDA Blog

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently launched the Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Viewer , an interactive tool that allows users to explore long-term trends in greenhouse gas emissions and sinks within agriculture and forestry sectors.

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Syngenta integrates Cool Farm carbon tool into its Cropwise platform

Real Agriculture

CFT is a globally-recognized carbon quantification tool that allows farmers to measure estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on their farms. Syngenta has announced the integration of the Cool Farm Tool (CFT) into its Cropwise Sustainability (CWS) application. Read More

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