Farmers Coop Society is bringing access to the 2022 Truterra carbon offering and carbon market access program to our producers! This will allow our producers to get rewarded for stewardship practices.
Q. What is Truterra doing for carbon in 2022?
A. Truterra is offering farmers two different options to get involved in the carbon market in 2022. Similar to last year’s program, the 2022 Truterra carbon program allows farmers who recently adopted selected regenerative practices (practices such as cover crops, or reduced or no-tillage, adopted to benefit crop year 2017 and later) to be rewarded for their stewardship. In addition, Truterra is offering a new program, the Truterra carbon market access program, to farmers who are just beginning selected conservation practices (fall 2021 and later).
Q. What is the payment amount for the 2022 Truterra carbon market access program?
A. The Truterra carbon market access program will pay farmers $2 per acre for eligible practice changes made in fall 2021/spring 2022 for crop year 2022.
Q. How will Truterra determine how much carbon is in my field?
A. Soil organic carbon levels will be measured using both crop modeling, as well as in-field sampling. Truterra will cover the cost of soil sampling on the fields they seek to enroll in the program to evaluate soil carbon levels. Soil sampling data will then be evaluated along with up to eight years of historic data on soil management practices (three years baseline data, plus each year of practice change data up to five years) to determine how much of the sampled carbon is the result of the regenerative practices.