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Climate-smart funding balloons to $3.5B, Vilsack announces first projects

09/14/22 5:00 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS beef bison climate-smart pilots corn cotton cover crops greenhouse gas emissions hemp hogs methane emissions Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities soybeans Tom Vilsack wheat
The Biden administration is pouring $2.8 billion, far more than originally planned, into a series of pilot projects aimed at developing markets for climate-smart commodities in every state and across a wide range of commodities and farm types. Another $700 million for smaller projects will be awarded later.
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