The 45Z tax credit provides up $1 per gallon for domestic production of clean transportation fuels, which includes ethanol. One way ethanol plants can get the tax credits is to prove the corn they are using has a low carbon intensity score derived from the farmer’s practices, such as use of cover crops, reduced tillage and limiting nitrogen fertilizer application.
Reduced tillage practices could benefit the bottom line through something called Carbon Intensity Scoring that’s being driven by recent legislation. Mitchell Hora from Washington County has long been on the