Items Tagged with 'Truterra'

Bel Brands, USA and Land O’Lakes, Inc. say the first year of a three-year sustainable farm project reported a carbon sink of 784 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per acre.

Conservation groups and the Biden administration  are betting big that the promise of direct payments to farmers will supercharge their interest in cover crops, a practice relatively few have tried despite documented benefits to soil health, greenhouse emissions and water quality.

This is the third part of a four-part series examining the promise of cover crops, the potential for them to meet the nation’s environmental goals that rest on their success, and the possible pitfalls facing policymakers.

Truterra, a Land O’ Lakes subsidiary focused on sustainability, announced on Monday details about the second iteration of its carbon program, which will start in 2022.

Farmers face a bewildering set of choices and requirements as new carbon payment plans and markets are proliferating.

Purdue Pharma taps former Secretary Tom Vilsack to help monitor opioid marketing and Secretary Perdue appoints a new administrator of FSIS.