The USDA is investing $10 million in a new initiative to sample, measure, and monitor soil carbon on Conservation Reserve Program acres.
Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says the announcement will help support farmers who have been utilizing conservation practices on their farms.
“This is one of the ways we can help those early adopters for some of those practices within our CRP program,” he says. “We’ve awarded 10 million in proposals for entities in three aspects of conservation to help quantify soil and atmospheric carbon sequestration.”
CRP Climate Change Mitigation Assessment Initiative projects will consider climate benefits of perennial grass, trees, and wetlands.
