He put all of his acres, planted to corn and soybeans, into cover crops. That expansion was the commitment he made when he signed a one-year contract with the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund. The Fund stacks payments to farmers for the multiple benefits they provide capturing carbon in the soil, improving water quality, and other environmental outcomes. “I guess the thing I liked is that it’s got the government involved, but it’s more of a private program. It rewarded us for practices we wanted to do,” Ollendieck says. “We were looking for ways to put cover crops across all of our acres.”
by Rhiannon Branch (Brownfield Ag News) Interest and growth in carbon market programs is booming. A recent
ecosystem markets webinar hosted by the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership had more than 1600 participants registered with more than 600 questions submitted ahead of time.
Speaker Kari Hernandez, Global Head of Carbon Operations and Offer Marketing with
Indigo Ag says demand for high quality carbon credits is on the rise and demand is slow to catch up.
“With over 30% of Fortune500 companies making climate neutrality commitments, more and more are going to be looking for carbon offsets to be a part of their plan to get there. The Boston Consulting Group is already stating publicly that they expect to be paying $35 per credit in a few more years and as much as $80 per credit by the end of the decade.”
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