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Yes, you are. You should have a valid property interest in the property; this means you should have ownership or lease rights. In case of leasing agreements, you should both inform your landowner and attest to Agoro Carbon that such rights will remain in place for the entire duration of the program.

We allow any nitrogen-based fertilizers, including those of biologic origin, for the fertilization practice. We seek to influence the system's net primary productivity through nitrogen fertilizers, as grasslands are often nitrogen-limited. The goal is to increase plant productivity and microbial activity, which leads to enhanced carbon deposition in the form of root exudates, root tissues, and above-ground plant residues, as well as enhanced decomposition of plant-derived carbon through microbial activity and carbon use efficiency. Agoro Carbon does not push any specific type of fertilizer. Instead, we offer local, customized agronomic advice tailored to producer needs.

You can implement the offered practices individually or combine them, meaning that implementing several practices in the same year is possible. We have a checklist that will help walk you through the criteria to decide which you can implement and receive payments from. We will discuss together which of the practices you are qualified to implement. From there, it’s up to you how you choose to implement them.

Soil testing will take place a minimum of 3 times to obtain soil organic carbon values during the 10-year contract. A combination of sampling and modeling will be used to determine a baseline.

Yes, we anticipate that some farm operations will want to consult with their crop advisors to ensure successful adoption of their new practices and to plan for any additional impact it might have on their crop plans. We will still be entering into the contract directly with you to make sure you receive the payments. Whether you work directly with an Agoro Carbon Cropping Specialist or through your crop advisor, we will have resources available to make sure you understand what is expected and to help gather any information necessary to ensure payments can be made

You will get a dedicated support agronomist who will help you on any program-related questions throughout the year. Contact us to learn about what to expect with practice implementation.

Agoro Carbon uses a scientifically robust approach for quantifying the accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks on your land due to practice changes over the course of your contract, to issue credits to be sold in the voluntary market. Our methods follow the measure and model approach, approved by Verra. We use best-in-class MRV (measure, report, and verification) procedures to measure SOC changes using a rigorous soil sampling strategy and lab analysis of soil samples for SOC by certified third-party labs.

Samples are collected in years 1, 5, and 10 of the contracts, allowing us to establish baseline SOC values before practice change, and measure the accumulation of SOC stocks over time due to practice change, permitting us to issue credits over the 10-year contract period.
In between soil sampling events, we use the DayCent biogeochemical model to estimate the yearly accumulation of SOC stocks (approved VM0042 methodology) and issue carbon credits between soil sampling events.

Depending on the practices to be implemented, there might be slightly different steps, but overall:

– Discuss program details and explore opportunities for practice changes on your farm or ranch.
– Select practices, sign contract, and receive payments (where applicable) from Agoro Carbon according to the payment method selected. If you selected the financing option, we pay the first payment after enrollment or after proof of implementation. If you selected the non-financing option, you will receive payments at issuance, approximately in years 5 and 11.
– Receive support collecting historical farming and ranching data (e.g., historical crop yield, fertilizer application rate) to establish project baseline, as well as preparing for practice implementation.
– Implement the practice changes. Get paid for the carbon credits that were generated starting after approximately 5 years (deducting any pre-payment received).

You will get support from a dedicated Grower Success Team member who can assist you throughout the program.

Agoro Carbon Alliance takes data privacy seriously. Strict data sharing and privacy protections are in place to ensure your data is never misused. Our full data privacy policy can be found here: http://agorocarbonalliance.com/privacy-policy/

A carbon credit is a traceable, tradable and finite permit or certificate representing 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) (2,204.6 lbs) which is generated as a result of practice changes on your farm or ranch. Once projects are validated, then they are registered and verified, the credits can be bought and sold like any other fungible asset.

You collaborate with us to select and agree on the practices to be changed, and you share the required data in order to enroll. You then implement the agreed practice. Agoro Carbon will support you along the way. Agoro Carbon will process your data through an auditing and certification process. Agoro Carbon will support you in making the practice changes that turn into carbon credits (based on soil carbon sequestered), as well as finding buyers for the credits you generate.

Documentation of data from the past 3 years of your operation is used to develop a baseline from which future practices will be compared.

Cropland data would include tillage, pesticide applications, planting, fertility, irrigation, and harvest, while Prangeland and pasture information would include animal husbandry and forage production practices.

The seller will need to maintain records of agricultural practices on the covered acres and provide that data to the agronomist or Grower Support Team annually. Historical data will be compared against new practice data to ensure that our program incentives contributed to implementing practice change.

During the onboarding process, the Grower Success Team will aid in creating an implementation plan that will help the producer to understand the practice they will be implementing as well as best practices to ensure success for all parties involved.

Agoro Carbon offers three practice change options to ranchers: rotational grazing (alternating stocking rates, grazing days to improve yield and forage intake for livestock and crating more pastures), adding biodiversity (adding plant species to improve forage yield) and fertilization (judicious use of fertilizer helps optimize carbon storage, yield potential and forage).

In general, producers will receive their first carbon prepayment within 60 days following the collection of all necessary legal documentation, field boundaries, and historical data.