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Soil Health Federal Bill Tracker Alert - June 2025

The 119th Congress has continued to introduce (and re-introduce) a range of agricultural legislation with both direct and indirect implications for soil health. While the overall pace of bill introductions has moderated slightly, there is evidence of growing momentum around shared priorities such as strengthening the resilience of farming communities and expanding economic opportunities for farmers through the expansion of precision agriculture and conservation practices.

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Comments to HHS: Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Although Land Core is focused specifically on the soil health and the importance of  supporting US agriculture in ensuring that we have the ability to independently grow the healthy foods, fibers, and fuels that we need to thrive as a nation, there is an undeniable correlation between the crops grown in healthy soils (vs degraded soils) and the health and well-being of those who consume them.

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Land Core Publishes Comments to NRCS Conservation Practices to Support Mitigation and Implementation

Land Core is pleased to provide input on NRCS’s commitment to improving Conservation Practice Standards (CPS). The comments address Soil Carbon Amendment; Herbaceous Weed Treatment; Nutrient Management; and Prescribed Burning. Detailed recommendations are also made regarding the need for increased technical assistance, and for innovative practices, such as incorporating data about the risk-reducing benefits of soil health practices into farm credit and crop insurance programs.

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Land Core - Giving Tuesday Newsletter 2024

We are inspired everyday by the potential of healthy soils. From healthier food and cleaner water, to creating more resilient farms that can better weather floods or drought, soil is the key to a thriving future. At Land Core, we’re fueled by the conviction that rebuilding our nation’s soils will foster resilience and profitability of US agriculture and strengthen our communities more broadly.

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Land Core Publishes Soil Health Policy Recommendations for Trump-Vance Administration

Soil health is the foundation for national food security. It is the bedrock of American public health and the key to the integrity and reliability of our country’s food system. Healthy soils are a vital path to resilience and prosperity for American producers.  

The following recommendations have been designed to provide specific guidance to the incoming presidential administration and focuses on high-level, actionable priorities for key agencies across the federal government to advance soil health.

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FFAR: The “Good Soil Discount” — A Game Changer for U.S. Agriculture

Ever since the federal government created the Soil Conservation Service following the Dust Bowl, the correlation between soil health and agricultural resilience has been generally well understood. However, almost a century later, we’re still struggling to accurately quantify how specific soil health practices reduce production risks. As a result, these practices remain largely unaccounted for in risk pricing models across finance, investment and insurance, and farmers are not compensated through financial discounts for adopting them.

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Land Core Launches New Federal Soil Health Bill Tracker

Attention, soil health enthusiasts, farmers, and food and ag policy pros! Land Core, a pioneering non-profit committed to advancing soil health policies and programs in the US, is excited to unveil a transformative upgrade to their Federal Soil Health Bill Tracker. With a focus on making policy information more accessible to all, this user-friendly, dynamic web-based tool brings federal soil health policy to life.

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Land Core participates in Soil & Climate Alliance "Creating Regenerative Opportunity for Ag Lenders” Finance Roundtable

On September 13, 2022, our Executive Director, Aria McLauchlan, and our Director of Strategy, Harley Cross, participated in a roundtable on "Creating Regenerative Opportunity for Ag Lenders" as part of Green America’s Soil & Climate Alliance (SCA) Virtual “Financing Regenerative Transitions” Roundtable Series. Watch the recording now!

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