climate-smart practices

The lack of a West Coast labor contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association could be dangerous, according to the Agriculture Transportation Coalition.

The USDA plans to invest $8 million to support and expand monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural lands as well as track how climate-smart practices are affecting carbon sequestration.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.