Source: Jerry Hagstrom, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 2/6/21


Robert Bonnie, USDA's deputy chief of staff for incoming Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, said Thursday that “carbon is a commodity” and therefore using the Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA's line of credit at the Treasury Department to help farmers, can be justified in developing programs to address climate change. During a virtual panel discussion sponsored by AGree, a think tank that specializes in long-term agricultural policy, Bonnie noted that President Bid...

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