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Sustainable agriculture

From saving labor to using resources more efficiently, sustainable improvements should fit your operation and make financial sense.

Producers shared their needs. We built solutions.

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Grant-writing services

Receive expert grant support from LASSO, with most service costs covered by us.

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Stewardship Fund financing

Combine 0% Stewardship Fund capital with Farm Credit financing to reduce the cost of eligible improvements.

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Soil health collaborations

Explore the research and on-farm learnings we support to advance practical improvements.

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2025 Sustainability Report

We share stories of customers working to make their operations more resilient, as well as the programs, partnerships, and research helping producers advance their sustainability goals.

For industry partners and media, the report also highlights how collaboration across the value chain can make practical, profitable stewardship possible at scale.

Our commitment

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Educate

Educate customers about trends, issues, and opportunities.

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Enable

Enable customers through specialized products and programs.

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Engage

Engage with other organizations to collaborate on new opportunities in sustainable agriculture.

What producers told us. How we responded.

Here is a sample of what surveyed producers say about concerns, interests, and challenges when it comes to sustainability activities:

88%

Unclear or low ROI

78%

Capital tied up elsewhere

86%

Different equipment needed

38%

Already get financial support

Partners and events

Collaborations with select third-party organizations have an exponential impact, strengthening sustainability across the industry. Follow along for new collaborations and events that directly benefit customers.

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The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) is a multi-stakeholder initiative developed to advance, support and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability of the U.S. beef value chain. The USRSB achieves this through leadership, innovation, multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration.

2

CTIC connects people from across agriculture and the conservation community to encourage greater adoption of farming systems that are economically and environmentally sustainable. They link farms, universities, government and business in projects that explore and champion conservation agriculture.

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Nebraska Soil Health Coalition: To advance producer-centered education, outreach, and adoption of soil health principles to build resilient farms, ranches, and communities across Nebraska.

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Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture tackles the most urgent challenges facing our industry by forging pre-competitive collaboration and translating science into action. They bring together nearly 200 member organizations across the agriculture value chain to create a future in which farmers, businesses and nature thrive.

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The Soy Checkoff, Pork Checkoff, and National Corn Growers Association lead Farmers for Soil Health, which advances the use of soil health practices like cover crops to help improve farmer profitability.

Sustainability reports

Our annual sustainability reports highlight producers who are leveraging production practices and technology to continually improve their operations. We also report on our efforts to help build a more resilient agriculture industry, for today and tomorrow.

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