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Cover crops and no-till planting increase soil carbon. More farmers would be able to get technical assistance and be certified for a carbon credit program under the Growing Climate Solutions Act, which advanced out of committee in the Senate on Thursday. The Biden administration also used a climate summit on Earth Day to promote plans that would reduce U.S. emissions by 50%. (DTN file photo)
Climate Policies Announced on Earth Day
4/22/2021 | 4:45 PM CDT
Goal to Halve Emissions Before End of 2030 Pledged as Ag Climate Bill Advances
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EPA Administrator Michael Regan told a House subcommittee during a hearing on Wednesday what he pledges to do on such things as the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. (Photo courtesy of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality)
Regan Pledges Not Going Back to WOTUS
4/22/2021 | 1:24 PM CDT
EPA Administrator Says Agency Wants to Hear From Ag Community on Water Rule
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Electric tractors offer sustainability, but they must also offer economic benefit. Monarch Tractor says its units cut operating costs by $45 per day of operation compared to similarly sized diesel tractors. (DTN photo courtesy of Monarch Tractor)
Monarch Deploys First Tractors
4/22/2021 | 3:08 PM CDT
Monarchs Bring AI, Machine Learning to Wente Vineyards
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Trying to curb a decline in acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA is boosting rental rates and various land-improvement incentives. USDA wants to see 4 million new acres enter the program. CRP is now at 20.8 million acres, the smallest since the early days of the program in 1987. This image comes from conservation lands on an Illinois farm. (DTN file photo)
USDA Raising CRP Rates to Spur Acres
4/21/2021 | 5:32 PM CDT
Tying to Climate Goals, Ag Secretary Raises Incentives for CRP Acres
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USDA would set up conservation programs providing technical support for farmers who sign up for carbon markets under a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate. The carbon programs would reward farmers for implementing climate-smart practices such as cover crops. USDA would also create a certification program for carbon-credit markets. (DTN file photo)
Groups Support Ag Carbon Credit Bill
4/21/2021 | 3:03 PM CDT
Growing Climate Solutions Act Returns With Bipartisan Backing
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  1. Goal to Halve Emissions Before End of 2030 Pledged as Ag Climate Bill Advances

  2. EPA Administrator Says Agency Wants to Hear From Ag Community on Water Rule

  3. Monarchs Bring AI, Machine Learning to Wente Vineyards

  4. Tying to Climate Goals, Ag Secretary Raises Incentives for CRP Acres

  5. Growing Climate Solutions Act Returns With Bipartisan Backing

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