A group of companies called the Agricultural Climate Market Collaborative believes that lack of “transparency” is one of major road blocks to acceptance. To address transparency, the Collaborative developed eleven principles to guide carbon ecosystem marketers when forming these new contracts with growers.

Monsanto announced it is abandoning its pursuit of acquiring Syngenta after the Swiss rival rejected its latest offer.

The U.S. Enviornmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jointly released a proposed rule earlier this year to clarify protection for streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.

A coalition of nearly four-dozen conservation, environmental, crop insurance and other agricultural organizations have come to an agreement that link conservation efforts to crop insurance.

Three major farm associations on Wednesday weighed in with specific recommendations on how to replace the current system of direct farm payments should Congress move to cut farm subsidies this year.

Farmers enrolled in a program that rewards them for reducing greenhouse gasses are finding the market for their carbon credits has shrunk amid the recession and uncertainty about climate legislation being crafted by Congress.