Exploring the environment as a business opportunity

Increasing focus on extreme weather is combining with growing interest of the role of carbon in the atmosphere. Could that be an opportunity for your farm?   Mike Wilson, editor of Farm Futures, has found that this is a very complicated topic, one that can't be written in one story. So far, he's written six. It started with Will farmers get paid to save the planet? And he's expanded from there. We wanted to know more so we asked him to join us.   One tactic that could be part of what farms do to boost carbon storage in the soil is to use cover crops. There are concerns that they're an added cost, but the latest National Cover Crop Survey shows some different results. We dig into the survey with Fran O'Leary, editor, Wisconsin Agriculturist.   Image: carbon credit-Visual Generation/iStock; cover crop-Willie Vogt