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USDA prepares for national on-farm soil health demo

03/27/19 5:25 AM By Ed Maixner
KEYWORDS conservation Ecosystem Services Market Consortium Fertilizer Institute Justin Fritscher Lara Bryant Nicole Lederer NRCS Ron Wyden Sally Slis soil carbon soil health Soil Health Demonstration Trial
The farm bill mandates a Soil Health Demonstration Trial, paying farmers to experiment with ways to build soil carbon and then record their results for potentially new markets in the future.
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