Articles Tagged with ''carbon sequestration''

The Democratic Party’s draft 2020 platform calls for directing more farm subsidies to small and medium-size farms while making the agriculture sector the first in the first world to eliminate net carbon emissions.

The Agriculture Department has a crucial role to play in developing agricultural carbon markets by ensuring the credits are legitimate and making it as easy as possible for farmers to participate, senators were told Wednesday.

No-till farming increased yields consistently over about three decades on cropland in southwest Michigan, according to new research from Michigan State University.

The State Water Resources Control Board has eased restrictions on a conservation practice the administration has strongly encouraged for dairy farmers.

Sen. Shannon Grove considers herself blessed to be representing a district with the second largest agricultural producing county in the world.

Former Vice President Al Gore and the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Debbie Stabenow, agree that farmers can play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Water Board is taking comments on new wetlands protections * DWR posts groundwater plans * California must pull carbon from atmosphere

USMCA deal appears closer * H-2A growth eases

Don Cameron discussed the top concerns he hears from farmers and the growth of sustainable ag in California.