In case you missed it last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is making available cost-share funds to help farmers and ranchers implement climate-smart agriculture practices in their operations through the implementation of the over $19 billion that was appropriated to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The sustainability train is still running. We need to figure out how to get on board — or at least stay off the tracks.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Protecting our natural resources, adapting to climate change and reducing greenhouse gasses are not at odds with making money.

Clay Pope discusses what’s going on with the fields where he planted a 17-way cover crop mix vs. neighboring farms where wheat ground is being worked ahead of planting.