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Cargill joins regenerative agriculture movement, sets goal for 10 million acres
Regenerative agriculture has been gaining popularity in pockets of farming over the last several years, but now Cargill Inc., the world’s largest agribusiness, is pushing the phenomenon.
The Minnetonka-based company on Wednesday said it will help convert 10 million acres of row crop farmland in North America over a decade to regenerative practices, which are designed to improve soil biodiversity and reduce erosion and runoff.
Cargill joins a growing list of U.S. corporations, including Golden Valley-based General Mills, that are backing regenerative agriculture as a solution to climate problems and depressed rural economies.
“When we invest in soil health we get what we call ‘stack benefits’ where we have the opportunity to reduce carbon, but also improve water quality or water-use efficiency, even other things like wildlife diversity,” said Ryan Sirolli, Cargill’s director of row crop sustainability. “We see this as being a long-term benefit economically for the producer, independent of any of the market incentives.”
Cargill joins regenerative agriculture movement, sets goal for 10 million acres
Regenerative agriculture has been gaining popularity in pockets of farming over the last several years, but now Cargill Inc., the world’s largest agribusiness, is pushing the phenomenon.
The Minnetonka-based company on Wednesday said it will help convert 10 million acres of row crop farmland in North America over a decade to regenerative practices, which are designed to improve soil biodiversity and reduce erosion and runoff.
Cargill joins a growing list of U.S. corporations, including Golden Valley-based General Mills, that are backing regenerative agriculture as a solution to climate problems and depressed rural economies.
“When we invest in soil health we get what we call ‘stack benefits’ where we have the opportunity to reduce carbon, but also improve water quality or water-use efficiency, even other things like wildlife diversity,” said Ryan Sirolli, Cargill’s director of row crop sustainability. “We see this as being a long-term benefit economically for the producer, independent of any of the market incentives.”