
Brief: Cargill to start paying cotton growers premiums to implement more regen ag practices
Cargill will enroll US cotton growers in its RegenConnect program that pays farmers for implementing soil health practices.
Cargill will enroll US cotton growers in its RegenConnect program that pays farmers for implementing soil health practices.
Ag carbon markets are becoming more viable thanks to smart program design and innovative tech, Matthew Guinness writes.
Regrow will use the funds to boost its presence in “key food-producing regions across the globe,” says founder Anastasia Volkova.
Sound Ag claims the pilot could cover 3 million farm acres, reducing up to 350,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, by 2027.
It’s developing a range of services for the agrifood industries based around handheld spectrometers and AI.
Subsidies are “driving the destruction of ecosystems and species extinction,” according to a new report from The B Team and Business For Nature.
Local language services for farmers, enhanced capital access, and regenerative ag are just some of the options.
The Kirkland, Washington startup offers farmers high-precision plant and soil health management.
Carbon markets are now a fixture in industry headlines – and Iowa is leading the way to encourage carbon sequestration in farming.
The fund will offer discounted loans to growers who implement regenerative farming practices to improve soil health and nitrogen management.
The Annapolis, Maryland-based company uses microbes to convert agrifood byproducts into fuel and fertilizer.
Regenerative agriculture can perhaps be best explained in terms of how it contrasts with other farming paradigms, writes HowGood’s Ethan Soloviev.
The Ithaca, New York-based startup will use the funding to commercialize its biopesticide product and expand field trials to more row crops.
The Annapolis, Maryland-based startup uses anaerobic digestion to convert organic waste, such as discarded food or ag byproducts, into fuel and fertilizer.
The Australian startup inoculates crops with symbiotic microbial fungi that boost plants’ natural ability to sequester carbon in the soil they grow in.
Soil Metrics was spun-out of Colorado State University in 2019 to commercialize “biogeochemical” soil modeling techniques.
The Iowan platform helps growers manage soil health data to implement practices like no-till farming and cover cropping.
Carbon credits generated by ag-related projects make up less than 1% of all issued credits, according to data from the University of Berkeley, California.
The Soil Health Tech Stack illustrates the interdependence of technology, science, and economics in connecting suppliers and buyers of carbon credits and other soil health outcomes.
The Virginia startup is measuring soil health, compaction, and carbon content for applications in agriculture and beyond.
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