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Corporate Climate Watchdog Document Determines Carbon Offsets Largely Ineffective

By Virginia Furness posted on May 9, 2024

Source: Reuters

Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such offsets are largely ineffective, a confidential preliminary draft reviewed by Reuters shows.

How to get No-Tillers on Board for Carbon Contracts

By Todd Janzen posted on September 26, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Soil Health

A group of companies called the Agricultural Climate Market Collaborative believes that lack of “transparency” is one of major road blocks to acceptance. To address transparency, the Collaborative developed eleven principles to guide carbon ecosystem marketers when forming these new contracts with growers.

How Private Labs can Help Strip-Tillers and Carbon Markets

July 28, 2022

The soil carbon market is based largely on theoretical carbon offsets derived from complex algorithms, and in some cases artificial intelligence. While the mathematics that go into predicting these offsets is undoubtedly impressive, the predictions will invariably require ground-truthing.

[Podcast] Managing Compaction & Navigating Carbon Markets with Jodi DeJong-Hughes

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Jodi DeJong-Hughes, an educator with the University of Minnesota Extension, gives us a preview of her lecture for the 2022 National Strip-Tillage Conference, discussing what you can do to deal with compaction in your fields, improve your soil health, make money on soil-saving practices and much more.

June 1, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by SOURCE by Sound Agriculture, Jodi DeJong-Hughes, an educator with the University of Minnesota Extension, discusses what you can do to deal with compaction in your fields, improve your soil health, make money on soil-saving practices and much more.

Strip-Tillers in 15 States Eligible for Cargill Carbon Market Program

May 11, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

For the 2022-23 enrollment, Cargill will offer $25 per metric ton of carbon sequestered per acre.

Think Tank Recommends Government Pay Long-Time Strip-Tillers

February 4, 2022 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming 101

The Bipartisan Policy Center issued recommendations calling for the federal government to reward early adapters of strip-tillage and other conservation practices with one-time payments.

[Podcast] Why Farming is More Complex Than Rocket Science with Jerry Hatfield

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Terrasym by NewLeaf Symbiotics, Jerry Hatfield, the retired director of the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, shares data indicating how strip-till increases soil organic matter, what’s an ideal water infiltration rate for soil, his advice on when you should get into carbon markets and more.

February 3, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

In this episode of the Strip-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Terrasym by NewLeaf Symbiotics, Jerry Hatfield, the retired director of the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, shares data indicating how strip-till increases soil organic matter, what’s an ideal water infiltration rate for soil, his advice on when you should get into carbon markets and more.

USDA Seeks Grower Input on Carbon Markets

Growers have until Nov. 1 to submit their comments to the federal agency.

By Sarah Hill posted on September 29, 2021

The USDA is looking to create a set of pilot projects that provides incentives to implement climate smart conservation practices on working lands and to quantify and monitor the carbon and greenhouse gases associated with those practices. The pilot projects could even expand or develop new and additional markets.

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Corporate Climate Watchdog Document Determines Carbon Offsets Largely Ineffective

How to get No-Tillers on Board for Carbon Contracts

How Private Labs can Help Strip-Tillers and Carbon Markets

[Podcast] Managing Compaction & Navigating Carbon Markets with Jodi DeJong-Hughes

Strip-Tillers in 15 States Eligible for Cargill Carbon Market Program

Think Tank Recommends Government Pay Long-Time Strip-Tillers

[Podcast] Why Farming is More Complex Than Rocket Science with Jerry Hatfield

USDA Seeks Grower Input on Carbon Markets

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