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In 2009 nearly a million new acres were enrolled in the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program, bringing the total to 5.5 million acres nationwide, announced North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson. NDFU accepts enrollments from landowners in 48 states and manages the agricultural carbon offset program for all other states in the NFU organization.
Much of the newest enrollment involves native rangeland that is being managed with grazing practices that have shown to increase organic matter and carbon in the soil. Other conservation practices, such as continuous tillage and conversion of cropland to long-term grasses, also earn carbon offsets and remain popular.
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