Biden Climate Change Strategy Draws Farm Belt Support, Concern

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Food producers said that they want the Biden administration to give farmers incentives to cultivate crops in ways that capture carbon dioxide in the soil

“We have a huge opportunity there,” said Megan Dwyer, a corn farmer from northwestern Illinois who belongs to the Illinois Corn Growers Association.

. He said during his Senate confirmation hearing last week that government-funded incentives could get farmers to adopt climate-friendly practices without additional regulation., undoing the Trump administration’s easing of rules governing water quality, meatpacking-plant operations and greenhouse-gas emissions.to maintain federal support for ethanol, the corn-based fuel additive

In the European Union, officials are considering ways to capture in the soil carbon released from burning fossil fuels, also known as sequestration, among other means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farms, said Janusz Wojciechowski, European commissioner for agriculture. Some EU countries are looking to provide incentives to farmers who reduce the density of livestock production to help lessen methane emissions, Mr. Wojciechowski said at the Global Food Forum.

 

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The farmers can start new business like this deducting carbone dioxide.

In India, the corporates ask the government to give them incentives and avoid the farmers of any such benefits.

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Similar approach to what has been done with the agricultural sector in Australia

Strange, many small animal farmers have turned to regenerative farming. Without subsidies.

Step 1) Stop subsidizing commodity crops

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