Cargill Launches U.S. Carbon Farming Program for Next Season

September 17, 2021

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Source: reuters.com/ Karl Plume, September 17, 2021

Cargill did not disclose the number of acres currently enrolled in RegenConnect.

Sept 15 (Reuters) – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc (CARG.UL) said on Thursday it is launching a carbon farming program for the 2022 season that will pay growers for production practices that lower emissions and capture more climate-warming carbon in soils.

Cargill’s RegenConnect program will use soil sampling, farm data and remote sensing to estimate the environmental benefit of practices like planting cover crops or not tilling soils, then pay growers $20 for every ton of the carbon sequestered.

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