President Joe Biden signed into law on August 16 the Inflation Reduction Act, which will deliver $19.5 billion in new conservation funding to support climate-smart agriculture. With approximately $20 billion of the $40 billion designated for rural America through the IRA, the new funding will support conservation programs that are oversubscribed and a main tenet of the Biden administration’s promise to help reduce emissions by 40% in 2030.
“President Biden and Congress have taken an important, historic step towards easing…