CIBO unlocks the carbon market to support the scaling of sustainable farming practices for nearly half a million American farmers.

With fall harvest winding down in many areas, strip-tillers have been vigilantly checking yield monitors (calibrated, I hope) and thinking about the next phase of field operations.

Diversifying crop rotations can offer significant positive results, improving soil health and boosting biological activity and nutrient cycling. Cronin Farms, a no-till operation based near Gettysburg, S.D., has crop rotations down to a science, including forages and cover crops.

The new pilot program focuses on addressing a key infrastructure challenge holding back the development of an ecosystem services marketplace at scale: the ability to easily translate existing farm data that capture the carbon removal impact of on-farm conservation practices into potential carbon credits that could offer a new viable revenue stream for farmers.

A new way of analyzing the chemical composition of soil organic matter will help scientists predict how soils store carbon — and how soil carbon may affect climate in the future, says a Baylor University researcher.

Northfield, Minn., strip-tiller and no-tiller Mike Peterson shares how he retrofitted his John Deere 8200 tractor with liquid fertilizer tanks for split nitrogen application. In 2020, he moved the N tanks from the sidedress bar to the tractor and freed up the toolbar for cover crop application, while still applying nutrients.