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2. Practices you’re interested in using.
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Program NameOverviewPractice(s)
A Greener World
Overview: This project will expand markets for commodities produced using Climate-Smart regenerative practices, with a focus on increasing accessibility to regenerative farming practices and markets for small and/or underserved producersPractice(s): Access Control, Agroforestry / Forestry, Alley Cropping, Buffer Strips, Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rotation, Contour Buffer Strips, Cover Crops, Critical Area Planting, Crop Rotation, Edge-of-Field Management, Field Borders, Filter Strips, Forest Stand Improvement, Forestry Planting and Management, Grassed Waterway, Grazing and Pasture, Hedgerow Planting, Herbaceous Wind Barriers, In-Field Management, Irrigation Water Management, Nutrient Management, Pasture And Hay Planting, Pollinator Habitat, Prescribed Grazing, Range Planting, Reduced- or No-Till, Riparian Forest Buffer, Riparian Herbaceous Cover, Silvopasture, Tree/Shrub Establishment, Upland Wildlife Habitat Management, Vegetative Barriers, Wetland Restoration, Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat PlantingLearn More
ADM re:generations
Overview: ADM’s Re:generations programs provide payment for farmers currently using or adopting regenerative agricultural practices.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Living Roots Year-Round, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreAgoro Carbon
Overview: Agoro Carbon is a company helping to make the carbon market more accessible to farmers and ranchers by providing resources and assistance to interested parties.Practice(s): Cover Crops, Grazing and Pasture, In-Field Management, Increased Biodiversity, Nutrient Management, Prescribed Grazing, Reduced- or No-Till, Wildlife Habitat PlantingLearn More
American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Converting Conventional Till to No-Till/Strip Till RCPP Program
Overview: Empower farmers and ethanol producers to earn higher tax credits and premium prices in clean or low carbon fuel markets based on the conservation practices.Practice(s): Carbon Sequestration, In-Field Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreAmerican Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Converting Conventional Till to Reduced Till RCPP Program
Overview: Empower farmers and ethanol producers to earn higher tax credits and premium prices in clean or low carbon fuel markets based on the conservation practices.Practice(s): Carbon Sequestration, In-Field Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreAmerican Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Converting Reduced Till to No-Till/Strip Till RCPP Program
Overview: Empower farmers and ethanol producers to earn higher tax credits and premium prices in clean or low carbon fuel markets based on the conservation practices.Practice(s): Carbon Sequestration, In-Field Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreAmerican Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Early Adopter RCPP Program
Overview: Empower farmers and ethanol producers to earn higher tax credits and premium prices in clean or low carbon fuel markets based on the conservation practices.Practice(s): _Other, Carbon Sequestration, Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rotation, Conservation Crop Rotations, Conservation Cropping Rotation, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation, In-Field Management, Increase Biodiversity, Increased Biodiversity, Manure Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-Till, Regenerative Ag, Residue and Tillage Management, Soil Health. Other programs may have different combinations of eligible practices.Learn MoreAmerican Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Nutrient Management RCPP Program
Overview: Empower farmers and ethanol producers to earn higher tax credits and premium prices in clean or low carbon fuel markets based on the conservation practices.Practice(s): Carbon Sequestration, Nutrient Management, Soil Health. Other programs may have different combinations of eligible practices.Learn MoreAmerican Sustainable Business Institute, Inc.: The Growing GRASS Project
Overview: The Growing GRASS & Climate-Smart Value-Added U.S. Commodity Markets Project (Growing GRASS Project) will help U.S. beef and bison producers optimize total value from their regenerative grazing operations through lowered costs of verification, market access, and increased value-added markets that more fully utilize the whole animal, along with incentives for climate-smart grazing systems that reduce costs, increase resiliency, and deliver environmental and climate benefits.Practice(s): Prescribed GrazingLearn MoreBayer Carbon Program: ForGround by Bayer
Overview: The Bayer Carbon Program, part of ForGround by Bayer, is a program that pays for practices on a per acre basis, regardless of soil carbon measurements.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreCarbon A List, LLC
Overview: This project will execute an end-to-end supply chain strategy to deliver on both, while simultaneously optimizing the value of climate smart commodities so that farmers will realize a durable value-add and new market opportunity for their production. It aims to span commodity production supply chains, from producer to consumer, with a specific focus on programs in soybean feedstock for dairies, food grade soy and food grade oats. It also includes a large manure management program in the dairy sector, which will prioritize methane reductions. The power of existing and future investments by project partners will create scale and build trust in climate smart commodity markets, so that other supply chains across agriculture can replicate similar end-to-end strategies.Practice(s): Agroforestry / Forestry, Buffer Strips, Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rotation, Contour Buffer Strips, Cover Crops, Critical Area Planting, Crop Rotation, Edge-of-Field Management, Feed Management, Filter Strip, Forestry Planting and Management, Grazing and Pasture, In-Field Management, Irrigation, Manure Management, Mulching, Nutrient Management, Pasture And Hay Planting, Prescribed Grazing, Reduced- or No-Till, Residue and Tillage Management, Riparian Forest Buffer, Riparian Herbaceous Cover, Waste Separation Facility, Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat PlantingLearn MoreCarbonNOW
Overview: Locus AG’s CarbonNOW program uses yield-boosting biological products as an approved practice change, which allows legacy regenerative agriculture farmers to join.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreCargill RegenConnect
Overview: Cargill RegenConnect provides farmers a financial incentive for positive environmental outcomes through the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices, while helping to decarbonize the agriculture supply chain. They use Regrow to quantify, monitor, and verify outcomes.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreCIBO
Overview: CIBO Technologies delivers CIBO Impact, a comprehensive, science-based software platform that enables companies to efficiently develop, deliver and scale grower-facing sustainability programs. CIBO Impact is their advanced platform technology that runs many kinds of carbon, sustainability, regenerative and scope 3 programs, serving different geographies, requiring different practices, and delivering different outcomes, for public, private, and non-profit organizations.Practice(s): Carbon Sequestration, GHG emissions reduction, Increased Biodiversity, Nutrient Management, Regenerative Ag, Soil Health. Other programs may have different combinations of eligible practices.Learn MoreCorteva Agriscience
Overview: Corteva helps farmers get carbon credits for regenerative agricultural projects by producing credits though Indigo Ag, certified by the Climate Action Reserve.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Increase Biodiversity, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-Till, Wildlife Habitat PlantingLearn MoreIndigo Ag: Carbon by Indigo
Overview: Carbon by Indigo is a comprehensive carbon offsetting program, grouping together farmers across the US and connecting them with carbon revenues based on their carbon reduction and removal performance.Practice(s): Conservation Cropping Rotation, Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreIndigo Ag: Market+ Source
Overview: Indigo’s Market+ Source program pays farmers a premium for producing crops with practices that reduce on-farm emissions and conserve natural resources, while generating new revenue for the agribusinesses who procure and process those crops.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreIowa Soybean Association
Overview: The Program will develop and expand markets for climate-smart commodities and their resulting environmental benefits: 1) the market for CO2e insets associated with the production of commodities used in key food and fuel supply chains; 2) the market for water quality improvements generated by the introduction of climate smart practices; 3) the market for verified climate-smart corn, soy, sugar beet and wheat commodities; 4) the market for biofuel inputs using commodities produced with climate-smart practicesPractice(s): Conservation Crop Rotations, Cover Crops, Nutrient Management, Pasture and Hayland Planting, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreLow Carbon Technologies, LLC
Overview: This project will help to implement climate-smart methods in beef production, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and expanding climate-smart markets and generating carbon credit revenue for producers.Practice(s): Cover Crops, Grazing and Pasture, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Pasture And Hay Planting, Prescribed Grazing, Range PlantingLearn MoreMarbleseed (formerly Midwest Organic And Sustainable Education Service, Inc.)
Overview: This multistate project will enroll field crop farmers already engaged in organic grain production or desiring to transition to organic systems. This project will pilot CSAF practices with at least 40 small-scale underserved farmers.Practice(s): Agroforestry / Forestry, Alley Cropping, Buffer Strips, Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rotation, Contour Buffer Strips, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation, Edge-of-Field Management, Field Border, Filter Strip, Forest Stand Improvement, Forestry Planting and Management, Grassed Waterway, Grazing and Pasture, Hedgerow Planting, Herbaceous Wind Barriers, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Pasture And Hay Planting, Prescribed Grazing, Reduced- or No-Till, Riparian Forest Buffer, Riparian Herbaceous Cover, Upland Wildlife Habitat Management, Vegetative Barriers, Wildlife Habitat Planting, Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation, WindbreaksLearn More
N Rate Risk Protection Program
Overview: The N Rate Risk Protection Program provides field-specific consultation from a PFI agronomist on what reductions may be feasible, while maintaining yields. Risk protection is provided in the form of a $35 per acre payment if a yield loss occurs from reducing your typical nitrogen rate.* Farmers who are new to saving on inputs and farmers who’ve reduced nitrogen rates previously are eligible for the program. This program is free to participate in and helps you lower your risk as you reduce nitrogen expenses – saving you money and increasing your farm’s resiliency. Practice(s): Nutrient ManagementLearn MoreNational Association of Conservation Districts
Overview: This project aims to expand climate-smart Row Crops, Livestock, Forest and Specialty Crop markets nationwide and support farmer, rancher and forest landowner implementation and monitoring of climate-smart practices. NACD, through its project partners and network of 3,000 conservation districts, will advance grassroots efforts that ensure producers and local communities are prepared to meet growing demand and have access to climate-smart commodity marketsPractice(s): Conservation Cover, Conservation Crop Rotation, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation, Edge-of-Field Management, Forest Stand Improvement, Forest Stand Improvements, Grassed Waterway, Grazing and Pasture, In-Field Management, Integrated Pest Management Plans, Irrigation Water Management, Pasture And Hay Planting, Prescribed Grazing, Reduced- or No-Till, Tree/Shrub Establishment, Waste Separation FacilityLearn MoreNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), for Farmers for Soil Health (FSH)
Overview: Through this project, FSH intends to create a new transition program that will build cover crop capacity nationwide. With a national and state strategy, FSH’s approach is four-pronged. First, FSH will establish a new financial assistance (FA) program. Second, FSH will strengthen its technical assistance (TA) and education programs in its targeted states. Third, it will create and launch a nationwide Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) platform for conservation practices, including cover crops. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, FSH will create an online public marketplace to connect farmers to climate-smart commodity opportunities and incentives. The FSH marketplace is being designed with ease-of-user experience in mind to combat the significant burden and challenge farmers are experiencing in today’s carbon programs.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field ManagementLearn MoreNori
Overview: Nori is a carbon removal marketplace with a focus on transparency and farmer flexibility.Practice(s): Conservation Crop Rotation, Conservation Crop Rotations, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreNutrien
Overview: As a crop inputs producer, Nutrien is focused on nitrogen management programs in both the US and Canada. They did a smaller scale project in 2022 and are increasing acres enrolled in 2023Practice(s): Nutrient ManagementLearn MorePepsiCo – PCM
Overview: The Soil Health Incentive for PCM Farmers, funded by PepsiCo, provides incentive payments for existing and new acres for No-till, Strip-till, Cover Crops, and Nitrogen reduction.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MorePractical Farmers of Iowa- Cover Crop Cost-Share
Overview: Practical Farmers offers cost-share and technical assistance for those who are seeding fall cover crops. Participants must farm in eligible counties in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska or South Dakota. Payment rates are $10 or $15 per acre on an unlimited number of acres. There are no requirements on the species or seeding method used.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field ManagementLearn MoreSoil and Water Outcomes Fund
Overview: The Soil and Water Outcomes Fund is an ecosystem service program that provides payment to farmers adopting new regenerative farming practices. The focus is on CO2e insetting and water quality outcomes.Practice(s): Conservation Crop Rotation, Cover Crops, Crop Rotation, In-Field Management, Nutrient Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn MoreTexas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK)
Overview: This project seeks to establish a new Climate-Smart Commodity – namely feeder cattle sired by bulls selected on the basis of reduced enteric methane emissions and associated beef products.Practice(s): Conservation Cover, Genetic Testing of Livestock, Grazing and Pasture, In-Field Management, Irrigation, Pasture And Hay Planting, Prescribed Burning, Prescribed Grazing, Range Planting, Wildlife Habitat Planting, Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and RenovationLearn MoreTH Cattle Company, LLC
Overview: This project aims to expand the climate-smart regenerative grassed beef market with market incentives for producers to address the regenerative cost differential, product promotion activities to increase demand at the higher premium-price, and participation in a carbon-credit project to pay producers for carbon sequestration ecosystem services.Practice(s): Fencing, Grazing and Pasture, Livestock Pipeline, Prescribed Grazing, Watering FacilityLearn MoreTruterra
Overview: Truterra helps farmers unlock, sustain, and build upon the potential of their soil. Its sustainability programs are built to meet farmers where they are – whether they are taking a first look at changing management practices to address a specific challenge, are concerned about the overall health of soil, or are hoping to reduce some of the costs of sustainable practices. Truterra provides different programs for different farms, based on where they are in the transition to regenerative agricultural practices.Practice(s): Cover Crops, In-Field Management, Reduced- or No-TillLearn More