Carbon Markets

Learn how carbon markets have emerged to pay farmers for raising crops or livestock with practices that sequester or reduce greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane) known to contribute to climate change. In collaboration with The Context Network, this section offers tips for selecting the right carbon farming program using tools such as cover crops and conservation tillage.

How to decipher carbon market buzzwords

Understand the industry terms to help make sense of what makes carbon credits valuable.

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How to capture cash with carbon

Are carbon markets the next golden opportunity for American farmers or just a flash in the pan?

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Strip-tillage saves the crop on this Illinois farm

In a scramble to get crops in the ground and growing during the wet springs of recent years, the Reuschels moved to strip-tillage and have kept the practice up ever since.

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Women in Agriculture

Mental health is as important as farm health

By Women in Agriculture

In agriculture, we make keeping the farm healthy a priority. Keeping ourselves healthy should top the list, and that starts with our mental health.

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Ageless Iron

The genius of a farm boy

By Ageless Iron

How the Model T and the legendary Fordson tractor came to be is testimony to a boy who loved mechanics but loathed labor-intensive chores.

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Construction

Inflated used asking prices for wheel loaders

By Machinery Insider

Buyers have been gobbling up-late model used loaders, leading to inflated used asking prices or final bids that are sometimes double or triple what they were three to four years ago.

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Tip of the Day

When you mow in a remote area

When I mow a wooded area a half-mile from my farm, I now have a place to carry needed items with me. I built a small steel shelf that plugs... read more