Sustainability Market Trends

US growers expand cover crops, eye low-carbon future

Bayer, Land O'Lakes and Cargill Inc have all launched carbon farming programs in recent years

4 January 2022

3 minute read

By: Thomas Reuters Foundation

The benefits of cover crops are many. Covering bare soil protects it from erosion, and cover crops pull climate-warming carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis.

The benefits of cover crops are many. Covering bare soil protects it from erosion, and cover crops pull climate-warming carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

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