Helping Farmers Succeed with Cover Crops: Two Case Studies
How can ag retailers incorporate cover crops into their business model? Datu reports on the experience of two farmer-owned cooperatives that are committed to actively supporting their customers with...
View ArticleDatu Research: How Smithfield Foods Works With Farmers to Reduce Fertilizer...
Smithfield Foods has successfully engaged 80 percent of its supply chain for grain — which is used to feed the company’s hogs — in farming practices that are both sustainable and reduce the cost of...
View ArticleICYMI: Smithfield Foods-EDF-Datu Research Webinar
If you missed our webinar on March 25, 2019, and you’re wondering how Smithfield Foods partners with its supply chain and EDF to create environmental and business benefits, you can access the recording...
View ArticleDatu is looking for experienced, smart people for 2 positions!
1) We are looking for an experienced part-time Data Analyst to support a 5-year longitudinal evaluation of an innovative food security project funded by USAID. 2) We are offering an ideal summer work...
View ArticleHurricanes, Droughts, Wildfires: The Escalating Costs of Climate Change
In a new report, Datu researchers use publicly available data to demonstrate that, as the world continues to warm, climate change-fueled weather disasters will become more frequent, more severe, and...
View ArticleAct Now on Climate Change, Urges New Datu Report
Climate change-fueled weather disasters such as hurricanes, droughts and wildfires are becoming more intense and more costly. For every 1°C of warming, future damage is projected to cost roughly 1.2...
View ArticleOn-farm Con$ervation Practice$
Investing in agricultural soils requires better accounting of costs and benefits on the farm bottom line. This new guide from the Environmental Defense Fund and its partners, including Datu Research,...
View ArticleAgri-Pulse Op-ed Highlights Need for Better Financial Info on Soil Health
An opinion piece co-authored by National Corn Growers Association CEO Jon Doggett and Environmental Defense Fund VP of Ecosystems Britt Groosman calls for more refined financial information to help...
View ArticleDatu Report Answers Burning Question: How Can Ag Retailers Work For Soil Health?
Datu Research and others who study soil health have long recognized that ag retailers are among farmers’ closest business relationships—which means they have tremendous potential to help farmers...
View ArticleMethane Emissions in the Oil & Gas Industry: Find, Measure, Fix!
A new Datu report shows the U.S. methane mitigation industry has undergone massive growth as state and federal policy makers have acted to reduce methane pollution and waste through new regulatory...
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