Agricultural producers, ranchers, and forest landowners play a critical role in environmental stewardship through management. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes historic investments to support producers in adopting climate- smart practices that can sequester carbon and reduce key GHG emissions like nitrous oxide and methane. These include practices such as nutrient management practices, cover crops, tillage practices, tree planting, and livestock management practices.
To better understand and measure the climate impacts of these practices and improve greenhouse gas estimates, the Inflation Reduction Act invests $300 million over eight years to support USDA’s broader Measuring, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MMRV) efforts. These funds will support a comprehensive strategy to improve data, models and tools needed for quantifying the impact of conservation practices on GHG emissions and carbon sequestration.