The Biden administration will spend $300 million to better quantify greenhouse gas emissions generated by agriculture and the potential carbon savings of certain farming practices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Wednesday.
Agriculture accounts for about 10% of U.S. emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The administration has said cutting farm emissions is critical to reaching its goal of net zero emissions by 2050 to fight climate change.
Certain farm practices, like reducing tilling, can increase the amount of carbon stored in soil and cut down on emissions, though there is debate among researchers as to the exact capacity of soil to store carbon. The USDA does have existing emission and carbon sequestration estimates for various farm practices, but the underlying data is often out of date and imprecise, Bill Hohenstein, director of USDA's Office of Energy and Environmental Policy, said on the call.
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