Items Tagged with 'conservation tillage'

A new USDA study of conservation practice  adoption shows relatively few major differences between farmers who own their land and those who cash-rent or share-rent their acreage.

Nori Inc. is looking to scale up its agricultural carbon credit program through a partnership with agrochemical giant Bayer AG and its new digital platform that helps producers implement and manage regenerative practices such as cover crops and conservation tillage.

The Environmental Protection Agency has a lot of feedback to sift through – most of it critical – following the end of its comment period Friday on proposed measures designed to reduce applications of atrazine, one of the widely-used herbicides in the U.S.

Corn and sorghum growers are making the case that newly proposed restrictions on atrazine use will lead to their practicing less conservation tillage, resulting in reduced carbon sequestration at a time American agriculture is trying to make inroads in the fight against climate change.

USDA is putting $75 million into 15 projects around the country that are led by private organizations or state governments and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide other environmental benefits.

A first-of-its kind study will pull together massive amounts of USDA farm data to assess the impact of conservation practices, and the department is separately considering a new crop insurance product designed to encourage growers to limit nitrogen usage.

A dizzying array of ongoing research projects, with sponsors ranging from the Energy Department to multinational food industry giants, may determine whether carbon credit markets can become a reliable, meaningful source of income for farmers.