For this No-Till Farmer podcast, we caught up with representatives from three companies who were talking with farmers about their carbon programs at the 2021 Farm Progress Show. We spoke with Ben Gordon, carbon and ecosystems global portfolio leader with Corteva; Lisa Streck, grower carbon lead with Bayer Carbon; and Cristian Barcan, sustainability officer with Rabo Carbon Bank. 

Elements of the expansion include 8 new states as well as the extension of eligibility for growers who have adopted strip-till, no-till or cover crops going back to 2012.

Bayer's new program has begun rewarding farmers in Brazil and the U.S. for generating carbon credits by adopting climate-smart practices — such as no-till farming and the use of cover crops — designed to help agriculture reduce its carbon footprint and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Seeking to enroll about 1,200 row crop farmers in its Bayer Carbon Initiative in the first season, the company announced the latest in a string of recent environmentally focused initiatives by agriculture companies.