Twenty years ago, farming’s carbon footprint was not a main item of debate, but today that has changed. Farmers want to know how governmental regulations will affect them. Alltech took a closer look at this issue during a breakout session at the Alltech 29th Annual International Symposium, which was held May 19-22 in Lexington, Kentucky.

To improve on last year’s symposium, Pearse Lyons, founder and president of Alltech, and his team thought of the 2012 symposium as “boring.” “We never review what we did right,” Pearse Lyons said. “Last year’s symposium was fantastic, but we wrote down one word and only one word. We should take the approach that last year’s [symposium] was boring. Start again and create something different.” This year’s symposium was held May 19-22 in Lexington, Kentucky. Nearly 2,400 people attended the event from 72 different countries.

Embracing Alaska’s uniqueness has helped Teri Weiland and her husband, Terry, raise hay in the coldest state in the U.S. for more than 40 years.

The Weilands live in the Matanuska Valley, where many of the farms are only five acres.