Carbon Markets

Learn how carbon markets have emerged to pay farmers for raising crops or livestock with practices that sequester or reduce greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane) known to contribute to climate change. In collaboration with The Context Network, this section offers tips for selecting the right carbon farming program using tools such as cover crops and conservation tillage.
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Digital records pave the way
Carbon Dioxide map of Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota
South Dakota legislature passes ‘Landowner Bill of Rights’ for carbon pipeline projects
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Carbon takes center stage at Commodity Classic
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The end of the carbon pipeline?
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Plan for future operators with carbon contracts
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Poet ethanol facilities to join Summit carbon capture pipeline
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Loam Bio brings new carbon opportunities to the U.S.
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Trimble announces platform to simplify carbon market participation
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Third-party data verification can increase profits from carbon programs
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Soil sampling detects changes in carbon stock
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CRPs and carbon programs: What's the difference?
Cattle graze in pasture as the sun sets.
How grassland protection spurs carbon credits
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Why should farmers care about carbon?
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Truterra's carbon program
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Soil and Water Outcomes Fund
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Nori Marketplace
Planting into green cover crops
CIBO Carbon Bridge program
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Eco-Harvest by Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
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Cargill RegenConnect
A no-till soybean field.
CarbonNOW by Locus AG
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Carbon by Indigo
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Bayer Carbon
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Corteva's Carbon Initiative
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Agoro Carbon Alliance
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From cotton to grass: A farmer's sustainable transformation
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The truth about soil's ability to sequester carbon
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Soil erosion: A threat to crop yields and carbon sequestration
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3 farmers share their carbon market experience
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Cargill RegenConnect now offered through John Deere Operations Center
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Indiana farmers Stuart and Autumn Mager look to the future
A birds eye view of a no-till soybean field.
Indigo Ag announces FieldFlex for sustainability program flexibility
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Kansas farmer mitigates risk with carbon program
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Farm prepares for future by earning carbon credits
Farmers exchanging money in a soybean field.
Carbon contracts don't pay enough, large-farm survey finds
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Truterra expands Sustainability Services
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How to decipher carbon market buzzwords
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How to capture cash with carbon
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Strip-tillage saves the crop on this Illinois farm
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A new carbon partnership to help livestock farmers
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Carbon market opportunities for ranchers
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4 Resources to help you navigate the wild west carbon market
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Carbon market contracts: A legal perspective
Abbey Wick, NDSU Extension soil health specialist, works with farmers like Doug Toussaint, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Agronomic support is key for soil health success
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15 minutes with a farmer: Lukas Fricke's advice on carbon programs
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Machinery manufacturers working to reduce emissions
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Data & dollars
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CIBO launches impact platform for regenerative agriculture
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How to build carbon-rich soil
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Q&A: Heather Gieseke, vice president of carbon commercial for Indigo Ag
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AgriCapture receives carbon credits from the Climate Action Reserve
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RIPE pilots stewardship program at $100 per acre or animal unit
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Begin carbon farming by reducing erosion
A field of harvested corn has been covered in its cover crop, radishes
Truterra, WinField United seek to reduce risk of carbon farming
An Indiana farmer plants corn directly into his cover crops
Program to prove $100 per acre of carbon sequestration
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Land O'Lakes provides warranty and incentives to transition to regenerative agriculture
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CarbonNOW program pays $1.2 million to carbon farmers
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FarmLogs and Nori partnership helps farmers enroll in the carbon marketplace
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Great carbon expectations
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(Not) Plowing to net zero carbon emissions
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CIBO Technologies submits first U.S.-based carbon project
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Get paid for soil and water outcomes on your farm
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Navigating the carbon markets
A black farmer holds a clump of soil
Agoro Carbon Alliance distributes more than $9 million in first year