7-30 IAN Ending carbon emissions

 CO 2 and carbon emissions. Carbon footprints. Global warming. All of these are concerns for ag producers and I’ve foud the solution but can’t understand it. I’m David Sparks. Maybe you can help…next. I saw an article in an ag publication saying that The Western Counties Alliance is proposing a new way to reduce greenhouse grasses. By planning and controlling the times cattle can graze, the organization believes the natural process of photosynthesis can help keep carbon in the soil and out of the air. I called up Alliance policy expert Sheldon Kinsel and asked him to explain and he told me that the reporter who did the story got it wrong. But he did say there was great hope for the earth: “This is a mind blowing development. USDA scientists 10 years ago came up with a critical discovery of a substance called glomalin which binds carbon in the soil for a long period of time. They’ve been working on carbon sequestration as part of a more organic sustainable agricultural effort. Farmers and ranchers in Australia are just ecstatic about this. The key thing, increasing carbon content of Australia’s agricultural soils which is 60% of the continent by 1% could sequester all the carbon released into the environment since the beginning of the industrial revolution.