Enrollment is now open for the 2022 carbon crop. To be eligible for payment in the program, you will need to:*

Carbon can be thought of like a crop, similar to the other crops you produce on your farm. A carbon credit (also known as a carbon offset) represents either greenhouse gases (GHG) removed from the atmosphere or greenhouse gas emissions reduced. In the case of farming, carbon credits are created based on carbon dioxide you draw down into your soil and GHG emissions you reduce above the soil (for example, through improved nitrogen timing) – beyond what was already happening on your farm.

Carbon credits operate like crops in some ways. If you produce corn to sell, the buyer will want to know the quantity and quality. Grain handlers will want to facilitate that trade by meeting those information needs. So they weigh your corn and test it for quality so the buyer can have confidence in your product.

Similarly, carbon credits measure and track the quantity of additional carbon sequestered in the soil and GHG emissions reduced. Our carbon program supports and guides you in carbon farming, and generates carbon credits through modeling, soil samples, analysis, and handling of all the paperwork with the carbon registries. We also recruit and manage a global network of carbon credit buyers, including major corporations like JPMorgan Chase, Ralph Lauren Corporation, The North Face, and Barclays.

A carbon credit must be real, additional, and permanent. The most valuable carbon credits are also registry-issued.

Because Carbon by Indigo is the ONLY registry-approved ag carbon program at scale, carbon credit buyers are willing to pay premium prices for our premium credits. This is important for farmers who want to generate top dollar for their carbon farming.

No. Just like buyers of yellow #2 corn, carbon credit buyers place a premium on credits that meet their desired requirements.

By following a registry-approved methodology and using rigorous data collection and modeling, we produce carbon credits with the greatest certainty and accuracy of measurement. This certainty is what carbon buyers look for in the “quality” of a carbon credit – confidence that the environmental impact is real and long-lasting.

Carbon by Indigo is the ONLY registry-approved ag carbon program at scale and produces the highest quality carbon credits, which allows us to generate the most carbon revenue for farmers over the long term.

The current list of qualifying practice changes include:

If a field with a spring/summer crop first enters the program now, you can generate credits in the 2022 carbon crop from practice changes conducted from post-harvest 2020 through harvest 2022. (For winter crops, the timing is similar but has some variations.) After a field’s first carbon crop in the program, a 1-year eligibility window (instead of 2 years) applies.

Carbon credit buyers only want to pay for carbon sequestration and emissions reductions that are truly additional and would not have occurred without the grower receiving carbon credit revenue. For this reason, practice changes made farther in the past do not count toward carbon credit production. Because registry-issued ag carbon credits are rare (Indigo is currently the only program producing them), carbon credit buyers are willing to pay premium prices for our high-quality credits. This is also why we can guarantee a limited time minimum credit price.

Participation in Carbon by Indigo includes free access to our web platform for farm record management. You can use it to map/import and view field boundaries, and log and submit the field management information required to produce credits.

Management practice information includes 3-5 years of historical as well as current season details about planting and harvest dates, fertilizer types, amounts, and application dates, and tillage types and dates, as well as information on cover crop types, dates, and planting and termination methods, and organic amendments where applicable.

We recognize the importance of your agronomic information. It’s the foundation of your business. That’s why Indigo is committed to data privacy and why our data practices have been certified by Ag Data Transparent. You can read about our Data Integrity Policy here.

Demand for agriculture-based carbon credits has accelerated over the last year, which is why Carbon by Indigo is pleased to offer growers the security of a price floor, plus unlimited upside as the price rises. We are offering a guaranteed minimum payment rate for growers of $15 per credit for the 2022 carbon crop, and as the price increases you stand to earn even more.