Production Agriculture Is Driving Grasslands Loss Across North America

InsideClimate News
By By Georgina GustinOct 26, 2026, 4:59 am117 pts
These vast carbon-storing regions aren’t getting the policy or popular attention they deserve, advocates say. By Georgina Gustin Commodity crops are continuing to eat up the vast, near-mythical sweep of North American grasslands, with nearly 2 million acres being plowed under every year, mostly for corn,…

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