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Companies’ Climate Promises Face a Wild Card: Farmers



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“They know there are bigger rainfall events, maybe more than normal, but the political climate in Nebraska is not conducive to talking about climate change,” said Bob Bettger, 74, a fifth-generation farmer in Fairmont, Neb. “We’re a deep red state, and most farmers pretty much think that the climate changes naturally no matter what you do.”Nonetheless, last year, Mr. Bettger, who has retired from active farming but wants to protect the wildlife near his fields, enrolled 240 of the 1,500 acres of land he owns into a regenerative agriculture program that will pay him for carbon dioxide that his land retains in the coming years.“If you want to …

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