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…
Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum as row crop producers express increasing interest in the benefits of more resilient farming systems and more companies invest in strategies to meet environmental goals and support robust agricultural systems. However, despite numerous studies highlighting the economic and environmental benefits of…
If 2020 was marked by its disruption for the food and agricultural system and our wider society, how might we characterize this past year? Given a little distance from 2021 and—with the help of a review of Midwest Row Crop Collaborative’s accomplishments—I remain struck by the momentum MRCC has built…
Across the flat plains and rolling hills of Eastern Nebraska, Midwest Row Crop Collaborative (MRCC) member companies, farmer support organizations, and growers are seeding new ways to scale regenerative agriculture. We know healthy soils that protect water quality and address climate change are necessary to support farm families now and into the future. At the same time, farmers face…