Landowners, environmental groups ask for more ‘proactive’ state regulation Comments come as agency considers reapproval of rules governing large cattle feedlots, chicken barns and hog sites BY: PAUL HAMMEL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 5:45 AM Ray Avila feeds chickens on his farm on Aug. 9, 2014, near Osage, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) LINCOLN — One…

Ag Weather Forum The Wells Dried Up This Year 9/30/2022 By Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus Connect with Bryce: @BAndersonDTN The water table at an index well in Haskell County, Kansas, dropped to almost 400 feet below the surface in late summer 2022. (Kansas Geological Survey graphic) A post on social media from Haskell…

Ag groups receive grant to transition U.S. beef to carbon neutral By Successful Farming Staff 9/16/2022 Mitch Kezar American Farmland Trust was awarded a $30 million grant from the USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. The organization will partner with the Integrity Beef Alliance, Indigo Agriculture, Earth Optics, Freedman Heirs Foundation, AgriWebb, Regenified, OpenTEAM, and U.S….