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American Farmers and the USDA Had Finally Embraced Their Role in the Climate Crisis. Then Came the Federal Funding Freeze - Inside Climate News
2025-04-22 11:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
For two decades, farmer John Burk has been working to improve the soil on his farm in Michigan, taking a few extra steps to make it more resilient and productive. His efforts have paid off.When we have the dry, hot summers or lack of rainfall, our crops can sustain the dry spells better. We dont have huge yield decreases, Burk said. And when it rains and we have the freak storms, like it seems to do so much now, we dont have the ponding and all the runoff.An added bonus: He needs less fertilizer, a major operating expense.But Burk, and tens of thousands of farmers across the country like him, have learned that the Trump administration now considers these stepswhich include limiting tillage, planting soil-enriching cover crops or installing water chutes to control erosionfar left climate activities. The administration has frozen billions of dollars in funding that pay for these activities while the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and White House conduct ongoing reviews.W...
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