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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
The creation of the first inset carbon market, fueled by private and public partnerships, establishes a new revenue stream for dairy farmers that industry members hope will fuel continued innovation to reach agriculture's economic and environmental sustainability goals.
President Joe Biden and cabinet members, including top USDA officials, start a two-week rural America tour Wednesday to “barnstorm the country" and highlight $5 billion in rural infrastructure and conservation investments.
Summit Carbon Solutions is prepared to capitalize on Navigator CO2’s decision not to proceed with its plan to build a 1,300-mile pipeline that would transport liquid carbon dioxide for sequestration, Summit's CEO tells Agri-Pulse.
Arizona, California and Nevada's plan for conserving at least 3 million acre feet of water will be more effective at staving off the threat of two primary Colorado River reservoirs falling to "critical elevations" over the next three years than current guidelines, the Bureau of Reclamation said Wednesday.
Navigator CO2 canceled its plans for a multi-state carbon pipeline on Friday, citing challenges securing permits in Iowa and South Dakota, two major states on its route.
Groups and lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle are scrambling to save a popular broadband affordability program before it runs out of funding.
California’s agricultural industry is struggling to determine the full implications of a state law requiring that large companies publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, including those from suppliers such as farms.
The chaos among House Republicans isn’t the only hurdle facing a new farm bill. Senate Republican Whip John Thune, R-S.D., says the Senate Ag Committee remains divided over key issues, including what to do about the major commodity programs.
Even as the airlines struggle to figure out how to pay for the high cost of reducing their carbon footprint, there is significant uncertainty about the political future of fledgling tax incentives that are supposed to reduce the high cost of producing sustainable aviation fuel.