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Carbon-Credit Farms, El Niño, Deep-Root Soybeans, Talking Tomatoes & USDA Soil Money | Sept. 24
On the Thursday, September 24 edition of Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief, Rick Portanova looks at New Zealand farmland being converted to forests for carbon credits and what that means for sheep country and rural communities.
We also look at a strengthening El Niño and what drought in Southeast Asia could mean for global rice and palm-oil supplies.
Then things get interesting: scientists are developing deeper-rooted soybeans designed to handle drought and potentially store more carbon underground, while Cornell researchers are testing Red Alert tomato plants that visibly signal when…
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