Agriculture is a political heavyweight in Europe, but in the U.S. farms (and rural regions sprawling across a continent) are an even bigger sector. The U.S. Congress contains a strategically-organized bloc of: "Agricrats" (pro-farm Democrats) who fear losses from carbon caps, and so the need to reward farmers with "agricultural offsets" is a political imperative in Washington for climate action. In Europe, the climate debate has focused on industry and the farm dimension has been ignored.