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Understanding Carbon Cycling is Key to Good Soil, Crop Health

Jerry Hatfield explains why good carbon management is a necessity

By Maclaren Krueger and Carlos Peterson posted on December 1, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Carbon is like water and oxygen. Without it, there’s no life,” says Jerry Hatfield, a retired laboratory director for the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service.

5 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Carbon Contract

By Todd Janzen posted on October 12, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Janzen Ag Law

The USDA describes soil carbon farming as “the use of specific on-farm practices designed to take carbon out of the air and store it in soils and plant material.”

Agriculture Has Potential to Capture Carbon Market

September 29, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Association of Equipment Manufacturers

By adopting certain agriculture practices like no-till, farmers can not only help protect the environment and reduce operating costs, but also create a new income stream by selling carbon offset credits on a carbon market.

5 Key Elements of Locus AG's CarbonNOW Program

By Mackane Vogel posted on July 28, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Locus AG recently hosted a digital demonstration, Get Confident in Carbon, with No-Till Farmer. Shane Head, director of customer success at Locus AG, and Mark Hill and Chris Lidgett, both directors of sales at the company, outlined details of the CarbonNOW program that pays farmers for sequestering carbon.

Indigo Ag Issues 110,000 Carbon Credits, Pays Farmers $30 Per Credit

February 23, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: Indigo

Indigo Ag announced the completion of its second carbon crop, consisting of more than 110,000 agricultural carbon credits.

No-Till’s a Better Dryland Investment Than Irrigation

Former Dakota Lakes Research Farm director says fixing nutrient, energy and water cycles is key to improving no-till

By Brian O'Connor posted on December 1, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Water Management

No-till wasn’t the solution, at least, not the first one they tried, nor the most obvious. When Dwayne Beck and a few other growers gathered in western South Dakota in the 1970s, they were trying to solve a problem.

A Brief History of Carbon Markets

How global politics, market forces, environmental science and the back 40 are still colliding.

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 31, 2022 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

In Europe, the carbon market overseen by the EU generated €57 billion ($59 billion) in revenue over the past 8 years, and prices paid to farmers are flirting with $100 per metric ton.

Farm Foundation To Hold Webinar on Carbon Market Barriers

By Pamela Karg posted on April 6, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Panel to share economic, legal insights April 12.

Report: Organic Valley to Pay Members to Reduce Carbon Footprints

March 24, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Dairy to offer farm incentives rather than carbon offset credits

Soil Health Institute to Examine Genetics as Carbon Indicator

February 15, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

The work will utilize metagenomic and carbon data collected as part of the North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements. Metagenomics is the examination of genetic material outside of the environment.

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