Locus AG launches CarbonNOW Program with guaranteed cash payments
These upgrades help eliminate uncertainties and make it easier than ever to participate, with guaranteed payments twice per year, earning the landowner a minimum of $48/acre over the four-year commitment, plus extra performance bonuses.
Reports indicate that farmer hesitancy in joining carbon programs is linked to numerous factors, including carbon credit payments that typically don’t cover the costs of practice changes or program fees, burdensome data collection requirements and mistrust over promised payments that never materialize.
“We recognized and acknowledge these valid concerns and our response is to offer the industry’s only carbon farming program that pays growers twice a year and provides the necessary verification work at no cost,” Ariah Mazgajewski, Carbon & Sustainability Analyst for Locus AG, said in a news release.
Farm data collection and costs
In addition to guaranteed minimums and upfront payments, Locus AG CarbonNOW leaders simplify the process by handling all soil sampling and data collection at no cost to the landowners. External, internationally recognized, third-party verification is used for complete program transparency.
Locus AG CarbonNOW leaders simplify the process by handling all soil sampling and data collection at no extra cost to the landowner.
Expanded carbon program eligibility
Another differentiating feature of Locus AG’s CarbonNOW program is that farmers already practicing regenerative agriculture practices for years, such as no- or low-till farming, are eligible for participation.
Applying Locus AG’s award-winning Rhizolizer or Pantego lines of soil probiotics to crops qualifies as a new regenerative farming practice change needed for entry, while also supplying downstream benefits that improve soil health, increase yields and accelerate carbon sequestration.
The Locus AG soil probiotic treatments have a unique ability to supercharge soil carbon by an additional 2-3 tons per acre, mobilizing biology in the soil to supply farmers with greater flexibility to navigate soaring input prices, and boost productivity for higher profits.
CarbonNOW bridges the gap for producers already engaged in regenerative practices or those just getting started to be rewarded for their commitment to sustainability and accelerate their per-acre revenue,” said Mazgajewski. “We’ve streamlined the entire carbon farming process so producers can focus on their primary business and reap the well-deserved financial benefits of their labor.”
Farmer enrollment
Enrollment in the CarbonNOW program is open now with committed carbon credit buyers. Farmers interested in adding additional income to their 2022 planning calendar can visit LocusAG.com/CarbonNOW to see if they qualify.
Locus Agricultural Solutions (Locus AG) is an agtech, certified B Corp and innovator member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development that is helping to solve the interrelated challenges of climate change and food security. Its innovative, award-winning microbial soil “probiotic” technologies and CarbonNOW program give farmers a new way to boost yields, profit and accelerate carbon sequestration while reducing operating costs and environmental impact.
For more information, visit LocusAG.com.