Even though 40% of Americans are non-white, only 5% if farm operators are POC. There are a lot of barriers to entry, including high upfront costs and a lack of agricultural education or opportunities in many communities. #DiversityandInclusion

Interested in developing #watershed or #stream restoration and #floodmitigation studies in CO? Colorado Water Conservation Board has opened Colorado Watershed Restoration Grants. Submit applications by November 1st, 2019. Learn more @ cwcb.state.co.us/LoansGrants/co…

Break through- if agricultural tariffs are held and or reduced, but where did those markets go? Will U.S. producers be able to realign themselves and out compete new suppliers?

For the 1st time, data from NASA Earth spacecraft have been combined to create the most detailed picture of our planet's rain and snowfall. This record will help scientists better understand 🌍‘s extreme weather in relation to a warming climate. More: go.nasa.gov/36gmKD8

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California is the world’s fifth largest economy, but many rural, low-income communities still don’t have safe, clean and affordable drinking water. edf.org/Zwai

COUNTDOWN #Irrigators in #Colorado! Do you want to learn more about your #water and what you can do to push #efficiency and #precision on your #farm? Colorado Master Irrigator registration opens Nov 15th! Visit: comasterirrigator.org/pre-register.h… #Agriculture #EasternCO

Compare the performance of selected #commodities, year-to-date (percent change), on.wsj.com/2YKwzGi The Wall Street Journal * #wheat, #soybeans, #hogs, #cattle, #corn, #cotton.

#Mexico was number two among U.S. #agricultural #export markets in 2018, Foreign Ag Service

Excited to present my work at the National Council for Science and the Environment 2020 conference tomorrow in D.C. ! Looking forward to hearing about other folks work!

Great to be in #DC presenting at the @NCSEGlobal 2020 Conference on #groundwater #governance of the #OgallalaAquifer and #Producer priorities and challenges in #sustainability #sciencecommunications #SustainableAgriculture

How can we overcome water challenges in agriculture? Find out with our State of Food and Agriculture report 2020 report: fao.org/state-of-food-… #SOFA2020

Here's a look at how Sept 2022 rainfall measured up at several long-running stations. Driest in 150 years for Minneapolis, with many top 10s across the region. #MidwestClimate #drought

#USGS_SBSC is working at a #BabbittRanch #RestoreNet site investigating methods such as topsoil inoculations, #seedballs and #soilpits to enhance #nativevegetation establishment and #soilhealth on #rangelands. #WomenInSTEM #FieldworkFriday Dr. Elise Gornish Diablo Trust

Each year for #CFSA2022, we put immense care into program selection. Collards, herbs, poultry husbandry, and microgreens are just a few! Join us November 5-7 for the 37th Sustainable Agriculture Conference! Details and tickets on the registration page: tinyurl.com/3nj9pywm

Extremelly happy to be part of this study (nature.com/articles/s4158…) published Nature Portfolio. If you are interested on soil conservation and you are concerned about how we could protect several facets of soil diversity and functioning at the same time have a look

Please RT! We are recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2023 for a new project on the soil microbiome and organic farms. Funded by NIFA! chemical ecology, machine learning, molecular biology, farmer-assisted research Cornell University Cornell CALS International Society of Chemical Ecology ASPB Entomological Society of America

Rise & Shine ☀️ #HappyMonday 📷: Zumwalt Prairie Trail Cam #zumwalt #wildlife #oregon #nature #prairie #prairiechickens #conservation #outdoors

Researchers with UNL in western Nebraska evaluated the possibility of replacing summer fallow with field pea in wheat-based systems. Nebraska Agronomy and Horticulture Cody Creech Rodrigo Werle Strahinja Stepanovic Amanda Easterly Full #OpenAccess article ⤵ acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ag… 📸: Samuel Koeshall

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