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Webinar will explore carbon markets, impact on ag

BY Press Release | April 10, 2021 Nebraska Extension will present a webinar on carbon markets and carbon banks that will explore their potential impact on Nebraska agriculture. It will be held on Thursday April 15 from noon to 1 p.m. The Biden administration has stated a goal of achieving carbon neutrality in the U.S., through net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, by 2050. Because agriculture can significantly increase soil carbon storage, some are experimenting with carbon offsets, where producers are paid for storing carbon. Nebraska farmers and ranchers are becoming more curious about carbon markets, carbon offsets and carbon banking, with some producers already receiving payment offers for increasing carbon storage on their farm or ranch. This webinar will provide an introduction to carbon markets and carbon banks and look at the role that they may play in the state’

Extension webinar to explore livestock nuisance, odor footprints

BY Nebraska Extension | January 19, 2021 An upcoming Nebraska Extension webinar will examine recent livestock facility nuisance litigation and look at a tool from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for assessing the odor footprints of these facilities. The webinar will be presented on Jan. 21, from noon to 1 p.m., by Dave Aiken, professor and agricultural law and water law  specialist in the university’s Department of Agricultural Economics. In its recent decision in the case of Egan v. County of Lancaster, the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the rulings of lower courts that a county zoning permit for three poultry barns was justified, in part, because neighbors of the facility would be “free of odor 94% of the time.” The webinar will explore this decision and the potential role of the Odor Footprint Tool in future livestock nuisance litigation.

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