To support growers in their transition to regenerative soil health systems, the Fund will establish soil health and soil carbon targets for their farms, assess the economic and environmental benefits of soil health practices in cotton production and will provide education programs through farmer-to-farmer mentoring networks.

According to the Soil Health Institute, data collected and analyzed across 100 farms in 9 states shows that soil health management systems increased net income for 85% of those growing corn and 88% of those growing soybeans.

Evidence of the economic benefits of healthy soil will help farmers embrace conservation on more land, sooner.

Many conservation practices can maintain and enhance physical, chemical and biological soil properties that contribute to overall soil biological functions as fundamental drivers that support plant growth and productivity.