As part of the company’s commitment to sustainability, Monsanto announced it has adopted an operational greenhouse gas emissions intensity goal of reducing its emissions from crop protection operations by 22 percent by 2020.
Cargill signed a partnership agreement to support Mondelez International’s Cocoa Life program which is committed to improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and to investing in a sustainable future for cocoa.
Despite limited to no interaction with agriculture and farming, more than half of American consumers indicate they would like to farmers when it comes to trusting their food, according to a recent survey sponsored by Bayer CropScience.
Consumers will have a new method of picking produce when shopping at Whole Foods Market which announced today the launch of a new Responsibly Grown tiered produce rating system to assess how eco-friendly a product’s growing practices are and the potential impact on human health.
US President Barack Obama has established the new Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture to promote greater international engagement on ways agriculture can help mitigate the impact of climate change.
USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service announced seven international projects this year as part of the Food for Progress Program which will benefit more than 1.6 million people.
Favorable weather conditions in the nation’s agricultural states have yielded increasing amounts of corn and soybeans which are expected to reach record-breaking numbers in 2014.
USDA recently released state fact sheets detailing the importance of agriculture trade. The state-specific fact sheets include each state’s top five agricultural exports in 2012 and the number of US jobs created by agriculture.
In an active effort to find a solution to the declining bee population, USDA announced $8 million in funding the Conservation Reserve Program to give incentives to farmers and ranchers in the northern Midwest who establish new habitats for honey bee populations.
Sanjaya Rajaram, of India and Mexico, was announced as the recipient of the 2014 World Food Prize for his efforts in breeding 480 varieties of wheat that are resistant to rust disease and grow in a variety of climates.
