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USDA Issues Greenhouse Gas Measurement Guidelines
2014-08-14 00:41:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released a report that provides uniform scientific methods for quantifying the changes in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and carbon storage from various land management and conservation activities. The report, titled Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity-Scale Inventory, will help USDA evaluate current and future greenhouse gas conservation programs, as well as develop new tools and update existing ones to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners participate in emerging carbon markets. read more
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