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Vilsack Sees Early Wins on Climate from Farms
USAgNet - 03/03/2021
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack predicted farms would provide “early wins” for the Biden administration’s efforts to counter climate change, and hinted he will draw on the department’s borrowing authority to fund initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
According to Bloomberg News, he told the National Farmers Union on Monday that he believes USDA has “some flexibility” to draw resources for climate change initiatives from the Commodity Credit Corporation, a New Deal-era entity with borrowing
authority that President Donald Trump tapped to fund his $28 billion trade bailout.
Vilsack suggested he would take quick action. His main climate adviser, Robert Bonnie, argued in a memo during the presidential transition for new USDA initiatives within the first 100 days of the Biden administration, including potential support for a carbon
market.
He predicted many farmers and ranchers would move to sequester more carbon in soil and reduce emissions if they are given “additional resources” through existing USDA conservation programs and carbon markets.
Vilsack’s speech to the National Farmers Union virtual annual conference was his first to a major farm group since his confirmation by the Senate last week.
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