USDA has released new guidelines on cover crop termination that pertain to crop insurance for cash crops starting in 2014. Instead of requiring cover crops to be killed by a certain calendar date, these new guidelines tie the cover crop termination date to the date when the cash crop is actually planted. The goal of […]
Month: June 2013
CU Students to visit SIU’s Logic Farm
Are you interested in going to Southern Illinois University’s Student Farm and Field to Fork Tour on Saturday, June 15? The event runs from 8:00 – 10:00 am so students leaving Champaign will need to leave early to get there! If you want to go and need a ride email ASAP@illionis.edu! The Local Organic Gardening […]
Vilsack Proposes Solutions to Environmental Challenges
On June 5 Tom Vilsack (Agriculture Secretary) outlined his vision for how the federal government could help farmers contend with environmental stress and adapt to address or at least mitigate the impacts of climate change. In that speech to the National Press Club he discussed: Regional Climate Hubs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Tools Customized […]
Environmental Defense Fund Job
Here’s a job opportunity coming out of beautiful San Francisco, California, courtesy of the Environmental Defense Fund. The EDF is currently accepting applications for the position of Project Analyst, charged with supporting the EDF’s goals on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. According to the job posting, a Project Analyst will also “help set the goals, objectives and […]