No-till and Climate Change: Fact, Fiction, and Ignorance - Fred Yoder, Former President, National Corn Growers Association, from the 2020 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, held March 3-4, 2020, Ada, OH, USA.

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Solutions from the Land
“No-till and Climate Change:
Fact, Fiction, and Ignorance.”
Fred Yoder, Co-Chair
Solutions from the Land
Ohio Conservation Conference
March 4, 2020

2. Solutions from the Land (SfL)
 Farmer led 501 (c)(3)
 Land based solutions to global challenges
 Our focus: production of food, feed, fiber, clean
energy and ecosystem services
 Operate:
– Globally- UNFCCC, FAO, GACSA
– Continent- NACSAA
– Region/State- Delmarva, OH, NC, MO, FL and MS
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“The policies and practices of the past will
not meet the needs of tomorrow”

4. Solutions from the Land Vision
 By 2030, America’s farms, ranches and
forests are at the forefront of resolving food
system, energy, environmental and climate
challenges and achieving global sustainable
development goals.
 Agriculture is defined by solutions not
problems
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5. SfL Business Model
 Proactive agriculture leadership
 Less government centric
 Multi-stakeholder partnerships
 Multipurpose/integrated objectives
 Landscape scale planning & implementation
 Incentive driven- rewards for ecosystem
services
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7. • Carbon
Sequestration
• Clean Fuels
• Methane Capture
• Crop & Livestock Hardiness
• Erratic Weather
• Mitigation of Environmental
Impacts
• Water Use Efficiency
• Pest & Invasive Species
Management
• Feed
• Food
• Fiber
• Energy
• Wildlife
• Ecosystem
Services
Climate Smart Agriculture
Strategies to enhance the adaptive capacity of agriculture
Knowledge
Sharing
Communication,
Outreach, and
Education
Place-
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Data
Collection &
Aggregation
Decision
Support
Tools
Innovation
Forum
Priority
Needs
Assessment
Inter-
Disciplinary
Stakeholder
Collaboration
3 CSA Pillars:
Tactics
Solution Pathways
Nutrient Use
Efficiency
Precision
Agriculture
Bio-Energy
(fuels &
power)
Biofuels InfrastructureSoil Health

8. Solutions from the Land
www.SFLDialogue.net
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