New homes on the range: Weary city dwellers escape to Montana, creating a property gold rush
Buyers fleeing New York, Los Angeles and other densely populated U.S. cities say they want to leave the coronavirus clusters and social justice unrest behind. Even as the state’s fierce…
Read More...Biochar helps hold water, saves money
The abstract benefits of biochar for long-term storage of carbon and nitrogen on American farms are clear, and now new research from Rice University shows a short-term, concrete bonus for farmers as…
Read More...USDA issues $1.68 billion in payments to producers enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program
The USDA is issuing $1.68 billion in payments to agricultural producers and landowners for the 21.9 million acres enrolled in CRP, which provides annual rental payment for land devoted to…
Read More...Indigo Ag’s carbon credits help farmers, environment
The Boston-based startup Indigo Ag has fashioned itself into a Swiss Army knife for regenerative agriculture, selling transport and trading along with treatments. Now, it’s selling carbon credits from regenerative…
Read More...USDA publishes Final Rule for Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA today released the final rule for its Conservation Stewardship Program. The rule makes updates to the popular conservation program as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill as well as…
Read More...A.I. gets down in the dirt as precision agriculture takes off
Widespread use of precision agriculture methods could reduce farming costs by $100 billion while saving 180 billion cubic meters of water by 2030, according to a McKinsey study done for…
Read More...Biden’s CSP expansion could face Hill resistance, staffing questions
The centerpiece of Joe Biden’s plan to help farmers address climate change is a “dramatic” expansion of the Conservation Stewardship Program, but he’ll quickly find skeptics on Capitol Hill and…
Read More...USDA awards $5 Million to support wetland mitigation banking
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will award $5 million for eight new wetland mitigation banking projects through the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program. This program helps conservation partners develop or establish mitigation…
Read More...Are carbon markets for farmers worth the hype?
Private markets promise farmers monetization of a secondary crop: carbon stored in the soil. But questions loom about data ownership, consolidation, and increased pollution in communities of color.
Read More...Future land conservation could bring $195 million in economic activity and 1,200 new jobs to rural Colorado
Keep It Colorado and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) partnered with Colorado State University (CSU) to release a study that demonstrates the important economic impacts that potential future…
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