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What Farmers Need to Know About Renewable Energy Options

By Pinion Editorial | July 10, 2023
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Across the U.S. agricultural landscape there is a growing demand for renewable energy sources. As clean energy policies and tax credits stimulate the energy transition, we’re seeing new opportunities for American farmers, ranchers, and landowners to make additional income from their land. Wind and solar are the two quickest growing …

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Updates on GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removal Guidance Draft

By Pinion Editorial | February 23, 2023
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The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the leading international standard setting body for GHG accounting and reporting. In September of 2022, the GHG Protocol released the Land Sector and Removals Guidance draft. While this guidance will not be finalized until late 2023, there are key details to understand now. The …

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How Producers Play a Role in 2030 Biodiversity Targets

By Pinion Editorial | February 22, 2023
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In December 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Montréal with a focus on protecting nature and halting biodiversity loss around the world. As a result, delegates agreed to the landmark Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework. Targets and Goals In …

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How the Holidays Can Shape Your Family Legacy

How the Holidays Can Shape Your Family Legacy

By Jeanne Bernick | November 22, 2022
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By Jeanne Bernick, Certified Family Business Advisor For many of you the stress of harvest season is over and now you enter a new season in family business: the holidays! As if working with family isn’t challenging enough, now there are mandatory meals and celebrations and traditions to recreate, not …

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Guidance for Setting Science-Based Targets for Your Ag Operation

By Pinion Editorial | November 15, 2022
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As the world strives towards a zero-carbon economy, more than 4,000 businesses worldwide have committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the Science-Based Target initiative. These targets are rooted in climate science and have guided companies in reducing over 53 million tons of CO2  emissions since 2015. This September, …

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How to Define a Sustainability Plan for Your Biofuel Business

By Pinion Editorial | October 11, 2022
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With companies biofuel business like BP, Exxon and Ford racing towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, producers are feeling the urgency of adopting their own sustainability goals and programs. Prioritizing a sustainability plan can also be profitable for producers – helping manage risk, capitalize on tax and regulation-based credits, and …

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Pinion Joins Leading Harvest as a Program Supporter

By Pinion Editorial | July 26, 2022
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July 26, 2022 – The leading food and agriculture consulting firm Pinion and its sustainability and land (formerly DIGS Associates) advisory divisions are excited to announce that they have joined as a Program Supporter of Leading Harvest, a nonprofit organization who created a scalable program for independently verifying sustainable farm …

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Sustainability Targets for Cow-Calf and Feedyard Sectors: How to Set and Meet these Goals

By Pinion Editorial | May 10, 2022
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With the announcement by the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) of sustainability goals for the entire U.S. beef supply chain, cow-calf and feedyard operations have been assigned a set of sustainability targets and a deadline by which to attain them. We think these goals will prove to be both …

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