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reuters.com - 3/26/2009
Idled U.S. farmland may be large carbon sink: USDA
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Reuters: The Conservation Reserve, which pays owners to idle fragile U.S. farmland, could become one of the largest carbon sequestration programs on private land, an Agriculture Department official said on Wednesday. Some farm-state lawmakers say efforts to reduce greenhouse gases could result ...
Climate change comes to your backyard
wwwp.dailyclimate.org - 3/23/2009
Climate change comes to your backyard
— wwwp.dailyclimate.org — Daily Climate: As winter retreats northward across the nation, gardeners are cleaning tools and turning attention to... spring planting. But climate change is adding a new wrinkle, and now a standard reference – the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ... (more) Climate change comes to your backyard

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Ag Official: Farmland in Conservation Program Can Serve as Carbon Sink
Environmental Leader — March 26, 2009 Ag Official: Farmland in Conservation Program Can Serve as Carbon Sink farmland2 The Conservation Reserve could be one of the largest carbon sequestration programs on private U.S. land, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said during a U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture subcommittee hearing on the benefits of soil erosion-reduction programs.“Land enrolled in the (Conservation) Reserve will also reduce soil erosion by 400 million tons each year and has the potential to be one of the nation’s largest carbon sequestration programs on private lands,” said Robert Stephenson, acting deputy administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, according ...

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