Farmers called their work climate-smart to get federal funds. Now it may cost them.

The Washington Post · last updated March 10, 2025 – 10:26 AM

Carolyn Jones never thought it was controversial to herd her cattle to different parts of her 200-acre ranch in northeastern Mississippi to give the grass time to grow back between grazing.

“This is really simple stuff we have been doing since the beginning of time,” said Jones, a lifelong farmer and the head of the nonprofit Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance.

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