Popular culture suggests as much after reading the headline above. However, a systematic review of the evidence indicates otherwise, writes Syngenta's Richard Brain.

The U.S Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Nevada is offering financial and technical assistance to help agricultural producers apply conservation practices through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Classic (EQIP Classic) and Inflation Reduction Act (EQIP IRA), and the Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA). More than $16 million is available to producers through EQIP and AMA.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated communities, homes, farms and businesses across parts of the Southeast, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has deployed staff to assist with response and recovery efforts.

To put that into perspective, these savings are the equivalent of 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools over an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.