USDA to Invest $8 Million to Expand Monitoring of Soil Carbon

10/25/2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to invest $8 million to support and expand monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural lands as well as assess how climate-smart practices are affecting carbon sequestration. This is part of the Department’s efforts to build out a national soil carbon monitoring network, which was kicked off with soil carbon monitoring on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in 2021. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is requesting proposals for regional projects focused on soil organic carbon stock monitoring, which are due Nov. 28, 2022.
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