USDA Advances Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks

USDA has published an interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks that establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of corn, soy, and sorghum. USDA says these guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits. The rule establishes a framework to connect climate-smart agriculture practices applied in the production of feedstock crops with reductions in the carbon footprint of biofuels.