Five Questions to Ask Before Signing a Soil Carbon Contract
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Farmers’ options for signing a soil carbon contracts are multiplying. What are some considerations before signing up the farm?
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Ag Data Collection for the USDA's Climate-Smart Commodities
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USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities will require a lot of ag data. Let’s make sure we get the contracts with farmers right.
Read MoreWho Owns "Pore Space" Deep Under Your Land?
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Thanks to climate change, we are about to find out.
Read MoreA Look at the Principles for Transparency in Ag Climate Markets
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A group of companies has developed a set of transparency principles for carbon market developers in agriculture. What do they say and what happens next?
Read MoreHow Antiquated Real Estate Laws are Stopping Farmers from Fighting Climate Change
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A longform guide to understanding how real estate law is slowing the adoption of modern soil carbon sequestration contracts.
Read MoreFarm Emissions and Carbon Math
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Just how much CO2 is produced from the ordinary things we do?
Read MoreThe Six Building Blocks of a Soil Carbon Contract
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Carbon is number six on the periodic table. Similarly, soil carbon contracts have six basic elements.
Read MoreUsing Midwestern Dairy Cows to Power California Trucks
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A wave of new construction is happening on midwestern dairy farms.
Read MoreRethinking Carbon's "Additionality" Requirement
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Soil carbon contracts usually require that any CO2 offsets be in addition to what would have been sequestered by normal farming practices. Does this make sense?
Read MoreMaybe Carbon Contracts Will Finally Convince Us to Update Real Estate Laws
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Real property law is one of the oldest legal systems we have. Modern carbon sequestration contracts on farmland will have to address this reality.
Read MoreCreating Carbon Credits
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There are three things farmers should understand about carbon credits: who creates them, how they are packaged into a salable commodity, and who buys them.
Read MoreAn Ag Data Checklist for Evaluating Carbon Platforms
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As more carbon reduction programs are marketed to farmers, here is my checklist for understanding the possible long-term implications for the farm.
Read MoreDo Electric Vehicles Spell the End for Biofuels?
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A recent AgWeb article made a bold claim: Tesla is the biggest threat to farming today.
Read MoreHarnessing the Wind: 3 Legal Considerations When Signing a Wind Lease
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Farming the wind is yet another way to make money on the farm by producing energy. Windmills can be contentious, however, so make sure you think through the potential legal issues down the road.
Read MoreFarming the Sun: 5 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Long-Term Solar Lease
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Would you take the opportunity to turn your farmland into a solar farm? Here are some things to consider.
Read MoreHere Come the Carbon Food Labels
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What legal issues will result from the coming wave of carbon labels on food?
Read More7 Questions to Ask Before Signing a Letter of Intent to Build an Anaerobic Digester
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Anaerobic digesters are hot. Farmers approached to sign a letter of intent should be diligent when moving forward.
Read MoreForget Paris?
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What US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement will mean for farmers.
Read MoreWho Should Control the Carbon Farming Marketplace?
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More opportunities are arriving for farmers to get paid for adopting “climate-friendly” farming practices. Should someone oversee this burgeoning carbon farming market?
Read MoreWill Carbon Farming Finally Show Us the Value of Ag Data?
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New tools are on the horizon to monetize ag data for farmers.
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