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A lack of consensus on how to handle one of the biggest outstanding obstacles to a new farm bill has supporters of the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation investments preparing to defend the investments in a budget-centric environment.
The Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture will pay producers to adopt or maintain practices that curb greenhouse gas emissions, like no till, minimum till, prescribed grazing or cover crops.
The number of farms in the U.S. fell 7% over five years to about 1.9 million in 2022, and the average age of U.S. farmers rose slightly to 58.1, according to the latest Census of Agriculture.
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In this opinion piece, Adam Hardie, Climate and Sustainable Sourcing Lead for Mars Petcare US, Inc. discusses his experience with collaborating with Bayer to support and scale regenerative farming while connecting experts in their field.
In addition to powering all of its facilities with renewable energy and putting energy-efficient practices in place, the company will use farmers’ carbon reductions to lower its overall footprint.