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Cover crop costs vary significantly: new data from 83 Minnesota farms shows

Published: July 26, 2023 by Vincent Gauthier

Between 2022-2024, EDF and its' partners will collect financial data on cover crops from corn, soybean, wheat and corn silage farms across Minnesota.

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How Farm Credit Canada uses partnerships to help farmers invest in sustainable practices

Published: July 13, 2023 by Vincent Gauthier

Farm Credit Canada launched the Sustainability Incentive Program to recognize and encourage customers to implement sustainable farming practices.

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Calling all food and ag companies: it’s time to reap the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act for climate-smart agriculture.

Published: May 10, 2023 by Katie Anderson

Advancing climate-smart farming practices is critical to bringing emissions down and meeting corporate and U.S.-wide climate goals.

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Demystifying the enteric solutions market for food and agriculture companies

Published: July 12, 2022 by Katie Anderson

New technologies are coming to market that food and agriculture companies can use to reduce methane emissions.

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An innovative agricultural loan is oversubscribed. Here’s what we learned from the farmers who signed up.

Published: April 21, 2022 by Maggie Monast

Farmers are interested in loan products that reward environmental performance.

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Cover crop financial data from large database will inform climate-smart investments

Published: April 20, 2022 by Vincent Gauthier

New data will help farmers and their advisers answer three questions in the coming years.

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Breakthrough agricultural loan rewards farmers for environmental stewardship

Published: January 11, 2022 by Maggie Monast

Farmers who meet climate and water quality benchmarks will have lower interest rates, enabling broader adoption of sustainable agriculture.

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How USDA can leverage a carbon bank for farmers, foresters and the climate

Published: May 14, 2021 by Ben Thomas

Ways the USDA can move forward on a carbon bank to leverage the power of farms and forests to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

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