FoodSource

According to the Field to Market Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, many commodity crops are being grown much more sustainably than 30 years ago. Some examples for corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, rice and potatoes from the study include:...

Farmers and ranchers need to keep improving how their inputs are released into the environment – but the trend seems to be improving water quality. Likewise, it’s important to continue improving other areas of indirect water pollution like oil,...

Cattle ranchers use hormones to improve how animals’ bodies turn food into lean muscle. This means meat is leaner and animals grow more quickly. This is one factor that helps meat prices for the consumers. Additionally, there’s less of an...

Fact: By the middle of the century, we may need to grow twice as much food with the same resources to keep up with population growth. We may need to feed two billion more people by 2050. Biotech seeds can be an important solution to this challenge...

Farms and ranches of all sizes and shapes – big and small – may choose to use supplemental growth hormones. In general, cattle and dairy farmers and ranchers use supplemental growth hormones 1) to keep costs lower because the animals grow better...

Fact: The problem of weed resistance is not limited to biotech crops. Weeds are one of the most significant problems for farmers, second only to soil erosion. Controlling weeds can be done by using clean equipment and seeds, rotating crops, applying...