Cover Crops and Climate Change Mitigation Cover crops offer agricultural producers a natural and inexpensive climate solution through their ability to capture carbon dioxide into soils. But cover crops don't just remove CO2 from the atmosphere, they also help make your soil healthier and your crops more resilient to a changing climate. Farmers with crop insurance who plant cover crops can receive a premium benefit. USDA's Risk Management Agency announced last week there would be a year two of the program, which helps farmers continue to manage their cover crops systems amid the pandemic. The deadline is March 15 to file your acreage report. As RMA's Marcia Bunger said, "This program will reduce producers' overall premium bill to help ensure producers can continue this climate-smart agricultural practice." Learn more about the Pandemic Cover Crop Program. ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE: Cover crops are one of many ways that you can help mitigate the effects of climate change on your land and improve your bottom line at the same time. Also last week, USDA unveiled the new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities last week, too! This is $1 billion in grants for projects to help develop market opportunities for commodities produced using climate-smart production practices. URBAN COVER CROPS: In the middle of the country or smack dab in a city, you can plant cover crops. USDA's David Kidwell-Slak and his team planted cereal rye as a cover crop in the garden beds of the urban farm outside our headquarters in Washington, D.C. Watch the video, or read our blog. | 
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