By Robb M. Stewart

Agricultural supply chain manager Archer Daniels Midland, and Pringles and Pop-Tarts parent Kellanova efforts over the last two years have improved soil quality and supported farmers in the southeast U.S. while also reducing emissions.

The companies said Wednesday their collaboration spanning the 2023 and 2024 crop years focused on about 120,000 acres of cotton sourced from more than 180 farms across Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

ADM and the snack and frozen foods company worked directly with farmers to bolster regenerative agriculture practices such as planting cover crops and reduced tillage in an effort to protect and improve the natural resources that farmers and agriculture depend on, such as soil, water and biodiversity, they said.

Combined with an efficient use of fertilizer, fuel and crop inputs, growers in the program have in 2024 reduced greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to removing more than 13,000 gas-powered cars off the road for a year, the companies said.

ADM's regenerative agriculture efforts with farmers expanded to five million acres globally in 2024.

Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com

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