HSBC Bank USA is financially supporting five MRCC member-led projects that address system challenges and develop scalable solutions to support a more resilient landscape and food and agricultural system. Much progress has been made in the first year with HSBC funding.
Much of these dollars will be dedicated to increasing the available funds for trusted and effective USDA programs like the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), all of which support the projects and programs of MRCC.
The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative works toward landscape-level change through systems approaches. This systems-based approach is reflected in our theory of change, which identifies five pathways to achieve our 2030 goals for regenerative outcomes in the Midwest row cropping system. Cutting across each of these five…
The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative (MRCC) proposed a high-impact program this month for USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities—a public funding opportunity aimed at developing a market for commodities produced using practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. The Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities is a novel…
Ensuring significant emissions reductions from agriculture is a key goal for the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative; members are working to reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions in the Midwest row crop supply chain by 7 million metric tons by 2030. While research shows that practices such as cover…
Cover crops provide numerous on-farm benefits: reduced soil erosion and runoff, improved water infiltration and storage, and greater soil carbon sequestration, to name a few. The number of farmers implementing cover crops has been on the rise, with 15.4 million acres of cover crops planted in the…