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Have You Heard of Scope 3? It Offers Opportunity for Agriculture
Have You Heard of Scope 3? It Offers Opportunity for Agriculture

Scope 3 is all the buzz lately in the world of sustainability. A company’s emissions are broken down into three scopes. Scope 3 covers indirect emissions from a company’s upstream and downstream supply chain.  

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Reveals the Final COP28 Declaration Will Not Focus on Agriculture and Food
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Reveals the Final COP28 Declaration Will Not Focus on Agriculture and Food

COP28's decision to not include food and agriculture as a way to meet climate goals was influenced by a request from the G77 group of developing countries for additional review related to agriculture and food.

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'No Such Thing as Low-Carbon Beef' Leads to One Group's Petition to USDA

“No food choice results in more greenhouse gas emissions than beef,” says the Environmental Working Group's Scott Faber, after petitioning USDA to prohibit low-carbon beef claims and require independent verification.

Ten Considerations Before Signing a Carbon Contract on Your Ranch
Ten Considerations Before Signing a Carbon Contract on Your Ranch

As the carbon market continues to develop, a multitude of factors lend to its complexity. These intricacies weigh heavy on the minds of many ranchers entertaining the idea of partaking in the carbon market.

What's in it for Ag in the New Spending Bill?
What's in it for Ag in the New Spending Bill?

The House on Friday averted a government shutdown by voting 225 to 201 in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023—the omnibus spending bill. Here's what's in it for ag.

How the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Package Might Impact Your Operation
How the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Package Might Impact Your Operation

Text of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package was released early Tuesday morning. The Senate will vote first and intends to pass the measure before Thursday, leaving the House no time to demand changes.

 European Union Clinches a Deal on a Carbon Border Tax
European Union Clinches a Deal on a Carbon Border Tax

Members of the bloc agreed on how to create a tool that will force foreign companies to pay for the cost of their carbon emissions.

Research in Ag-Tech Top-Of-Mind in Farm Bill Hearing
Research in Ag-Tech Top-Of-Mind in Farm Bill Hearing

“We rely on the support of farm bill funding and programs to ensure continued U.S. leadership as the provider of the best seed to the world," said Katy Rainey, Purdue associate professor, at the Senate Ag hearing.

$80M in Funding Awarded to Roeslein Alternative Energy Partnership for Climate-Smart Project
$80M in Funding Awarded to Roeslein Alternative Energy Partnership for Climate-Smart Project

Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) and partners will use funding in a five-year pilot project to demonstrate a climate-smart future for corn, soybean, livestock and renewable natural gas production.

New Data Shows Ag’s Climate Footprint is Shrinking
New Data Shows Ag’s Climate Footprint is Shrinking

According to the USDA, 2020 farming activities in the U.S. made up 11.2 percent, or 670 of 5,981 million metrics tons, of the U.S.’s total carbon contribution.

 “Not About The Cow, But The How” Carbon Program Pays Ranchers $200k
“Not About The Cow, But The How” Carbon Program Pays Ranchers $200k

Grassroots Carbon has provided payment to 10 Texas ranchers for their adoption of reversative grazing pastures which have resulted in nature-based, measured, verified and certified carbon credits.

Will Sustainable Fuel Power Your Farm Equipment In 10 Years?
Will Sustainable Fuel Power Your Farm Equipment In 10 Years?

Wiesemeyer says “you don’t spend some $300 million on these [soybean crushing] plants without a solid foundation of a market in the future.”

Grassroots Carbon Targets Grazing and Pastureland
Grassroots Carbon Targets Grazing and Pastureland

“We like to say that the program isn’t about the cow, but the how,” says Lauren Miller, VP Carbon Footprint Solutions at Grassroots Carbon. “Our aim is to scale up the restoration of prairie grasslands..."

4 Things To Know About Cattle And Their Impact on Sustainability
4 Things To Know About Cattle And Their Impact on Sustainability

Sara Place, Elanco chief sustainability officer, offers insights on the questions she hears frequently from consumers and the balanced answers she is able to provide, thanks to science.

Senate's "Growing Climate Solutions" Plan Gets Agriculture's Backing
Senate's "Growing Climate Solutions" Plan Gets Agriculture's Backing

A plan to help farmers and ranchers reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while gaining more clarity on carbon markets, is moving through Congress. The Senate approved the "Growing Climate Solutions Act," with a 92-8 vote.

Missouri Farmer Tells Kamala Harris Rural Broadband Struggles Could Throttle Biden’s Climate Goals
Missouri Farmer Tells Kamala Harris Rural Broadband Struggles Could Throttle Biden’s Climate Goals

A White House listening session with vice president Kamala Harris focused on broadband connectivity. Missouri farmer Meagan Kaiser was one of six participants and spoke to the struggle for farmers and rural businesses.

Carbon Contract Reality: Why Conservation-Minded Farmers May Not Qualify for Private Carbon Programs
Carbon Contract Reality: Why Conservation-Minded Farmers May Not Qualify for Private Carbon Programs

The chase to capture carbon continues. It’s a possible new source of income for farmers and ranchers, but it's also bringing a set of challenges and questions. The answer could be both public and private programs.

2021 Trust In Food Symposium to Highlight Trends in Carbon and Climate, Animal Ag and Innovation
2021 Trust In Food Symposium to Highlight Trends in Carbon and Climate, Animal Ag and Innovation

Keynote speakers will include iconic thought leaders, such as Dr. Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown; Dr. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University; Dr. Frank Mitloehner of the University of California-Davis and more.

New Zealand Sheep and Beef Farms Close to Being Carbon Neutral
New Zealand Sheep and Beef Farms Close to Being Carbon Neutral

A study at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) estimates the woody vegetation on New Zealand sheep and beef farms is offsetting between 63 percent and 118 percent of their on-farm agricultural emissions.

Georgia Farm’s Beef Reduces Atmospheric Carbon
Georgia Farm’s Beef Reduces Atmospheric Carbon

White Oak Pastures, a 3,200-acre multigenerational Georgia farm, says it offsets 100% of its grass-fed beef carbon emissions and as much as 85% of the farm’s total carbon emissions.

Carbon Tax on Beef? Where’s the Science and Logic?
Carbon Tax on Beef? Where’s the Science and Logic?

Popular furors that ignore science – and even simple logic – places science-deniers at their own peril. So it is with critics of beef production.

Carbon Sequestration a Positive Aspect of Beef Cattle Grazing Grasslands
Carbon Sequestration a Positive Aspect of Beef Cattle Grazing Grasslands

Beef cattle grazing on grass pastures might not be the first thing people think of when discussing the subject of combatting greenhouse gas emissions, but it is an agricultural practice providing significant dividends t

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The Farm CPA: Carbon Credits from Working Ranch Grasslands

USDA and partners complete first of its kind sale of carbon credits from working ranch grasslands.