Farming & Agriculture
With the vastly increased productivity of today's farmer comes added responsibility to ensure the environment is protected and the production is sustainable.
Agricultural practices can be very damaging. They contaminate rivers and streams, resulting in fish kills, reduced biodiversity, increased turbidity, eutrophication, algal blooms and more problems that can impact human and animal health. Agriculture is also a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
However, one should not overlook its many positive environmental benefits. Agricultural practices that conserve soil and increase productivity while improving soil quality also increase the amount of carbon-rich organic matter in soils, thereby providing a global depository for CO2 drawn from the atmosphere by growing plants. The same farming practices that promote soil conservation also decrease the amount of CO2 accumulating in the atmosphere. (Source: EPA / Photo: Flickr)
Articles about Farming & Agriculture
Wed, Feb 08 2012 at 4:22 PM EST
It's still too early to know for sure, but mild winter could lead to larger than normal summer insect populations.Tue, Feb 07 2012 at 5:24 PM EST
The country is on course to dislodge the United States as the world's top producer of biotech crops in the coming years.Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 11:00 PM EST
'Pig Chase' is an innovative new video being developed that will be played by both farmers and their pigs. You read that right, it's a video game for pigs.Fri, Feb 03 2012 at 4:24 PM EST
A video of sheep running circles around a moving car in Russia went viral this week, netting 1.5 million views in just four days. It's easy to see why.Fri, Feb 03 2012 at 5:11 AM EST
A 'massive scale-up in humanitarian assistance and an exceptional harvest' have helped puleld Somalia out of famine, but the country could easily relapse.Mon, Jan 30 2012 at 2:51 PM EST
After record food prices in 2011, consumers worldwide may find relief if U.S. farmers, induced by last year's high prices, plant more fields to grain this year.Mon, Jan 30 2012 at 12:13 AM EST
Drought conditions in Texas and Kansas have led livestock owners to look north toward Nebraska to maintain their herds.Sun, Jan 29 2012 at 1:02 PM EST
Researchers say that the development of heat-tolerant wheat will be the key to the crop's survival.Sat, Jan 28 2012 at 9:36 AM EST
The USDA has updated its planting-zones map for the first time in 22 years, reflecting a warmer U.S. where many southern crops are expanding north.Thu, Jan 26 2012 at 4:48 PM EST
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