Browse Ambrook’s collection of grants, loans, discounts, cost shares, easements, and insurance for operations interested in carbon credits.

Enroll at app.gradable.com/admregenerations or through a local ADM representative. The 2026-27 program year is open for enrollment as of August 2026.

ADM's site also links the USDA FD-CIC tool for estimating how nutrient management combined with no-till, reduced till, or cover crops affects a field's score.

ADM — North America Headquarters

ADM re:generations pays farmers per-acre incentives for regenerative practices — cover crops, nutrient management, and reduced tillage — inside ADM's own grain supply chain. Because ADM is&#x2004;the buyer, the program works through the elevators and ADM representatives farmers already deliver to: incentives are regional, and enrollment runs on the Gradable platform or through a local ADM rep.


The program covers both emissions reductions and carbon removals, on corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, and peanuts. Enrollment for the 2026-27 program year is open as of August 2026.


ADM describes the appeal as "an easy process to participate through local people you know" — no separate carbon-market relationship required, with incentives varying by region and commodity.



ADM re:generations pays farmers per-acre incentives for regenerative practices — cover crops, nutrient management, and reduced tillage — inside ADM's own grain supply chain. Because ADM is the buyer, the program works through the elevators and ADM representatives farmers already deliver to: incentives are regional, and enrollment runs on the Gradable platform or through a local ADM rep.

The program covers both emissions reductions and carbon removals, on corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, and peanuts. Enrollment for the 2026-27 program year is open as of August 2026.

ADM describes the appeal as "an easy process to participate through local people you know" — no separate carbon-market relationship required, with incentives varying by region and commodity.

- Grow an eligible commodity: corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, or peanuts.
- Adopt or continue eligible practices: cover crops, nutrient management (including nitrification inhibitors and manure nitrogen), no-till, or reduced tillage.
- Incentive options vary by region — ADM directs farmers to check what is available in their area through their local ADM representative or the enrollment platform.

A contract to sell an environmental outcome the operation produces - sequestered carbon, a water-quality credit, a habitat credit - to a buyer, rather than receiving an award. Payment is typically per unit (per acre or per ton CO2e) over a multi-year term and contingent on verification, so records using this instrument carry the payment.* and contract.* fields rather than award.min/award.max. Covers both credit-generating programs, where credits are sold to outside buyers, and supply-chain insetting programs, where a company the operation already sells to pays for the practice.

Environmental Market

Cover Crop

No-till

Corn

Soybeans

Wheat

Canola

Peanuts

Sweet Corn

Grain Corn

Durum Wheat

Hard Red Spring Wheat

Row Crops

Soil Health

Reduced Tillage

Regenerative

Conservation

Carbon Capture

Payment is per acre for enrolled practices, with incentive levels varying by region and commodity; ADM does not publish standard rates. The program pays for both greenhouse gas reductions and removals (sequestration and abatement), and outcomes stay within ADM's supply chain as insets rather than being sold as offsets.

Start with the qualification form on agorocarbonalliance.com (it asks acreage, state, and whether the interest is row crops, pasture/rangelands, or both) or book a call with an Agoro agronomist. Agoro also offers a carbon revenue calculator on its site.

Panel-era contact: Mitch Wayment.

Mitch Wayment

Agoro Carbon Alliance, backed by fertilizer maker Yara, contracts with farmers and ranchers to implement soil-health practice changes — improved grazing, cover crops, reduced tillage, and nitrogen practices — and pays them for the new carbon captured, measured by soil sampling against a baseline. Agoro manages data collection, verification, and credit sales end to end, with complimentary agronomic support from a real person from day 1 through year 11.


Producers&#x2004;choose between two payment types: issuance payments (paid when credits are issued after verification, excluding buffer-pool credits) or prepayments under a financing option, which are later netted against issuance. As of June 2026, Agoro reports operating in 34 states with more than 600 producers and 2.5 million acres enrolled, and more than $30 million in prepayments paid directly to farmers and ranchers over its first five years.


Both row-crop and pasture/rangeland operations are eligible — Agoro is one of the few programs spanning cropping and grazing in a single program.



Agoro Carbon Alliance, backed by fertilizer maker Yara, contracts with farmers and ranchers to implement soil-health practice changes — improved grazing, cover crops, reduced tillage, and nitrogen practices — and pays them for the new carbon captured, measured by soil sampling against a baseline. Agoro manages data collection, verification, and credit sales end to end, with complimentary agronomic support from a real person from day 1 through year 11.

Producers choose between two payment types: issuance payments (paid when credits are issued after verification, excluding buffer-pool credits) or prepayments under a financing option, which are later netted against issuance. As of June 2026, Agoro reports operating in 34 states with more than 600 producers and 2.5 million acres enrolled, and more than $30 million in prepayments paid directly to farmers and ranchers over its first five years.

Both row-crop and pasture/rangeland operations are eligible — Agoro is one of the few programs spanning cropping and grazing in a single program.

- Row crops, pasture/rangeland, or both.
- Minimum 400 acres (Agoro's enrollment form; the company cited 500 acres on an April 2025 rancher panel, so the floor has come down).
- Additionality: producers implement new practices — improved grazing, biodiversity, cover crops, tillage reduction, or nitrogen practices. The company must demonstrate new or additional practices to the registry and buyers.
- Landowner needs standard shapefile maps; leased land is allowed if the producer holds rights to operate and implement practices on the enrolled acres for the contract duration.
- Operating in 34 states as of June 2026; Agoro does not publish the list.

Prescribed Grazing

- Five Carbon Companies Answer Ranchers' Top Questions (3.39 MB) — WSE rancher panel featuring Agoro Carbon

Contract term. The producer's commitment is 10 years, with the potential for renewal. Agoro describes ten years as the minimum time required to show a soil carbon increase and provide meaningful revenue; agronomic support runs through year 11.

How payment works. Payments are made for new tons of carbon captured above baseline soil samples, measured per ton (2,205 lb). A per-ton price is established for each payment method and allows for market price appreciation over the contract. Carbon payments are made on credit issuance (excluding buffer-pool withholding), after verification — Agoro cited verification in years 5 and 11 on the WSE panel. Prepayments are available under a financing option and are netted against later issuance payments. No standard per-ton or per-acre figure is published; contracts and estimates are customized per operation.

Grower risk. If practices fail from natural disaster, the grower's responsibility is to inform Agoro, which documents and informs the registry.

Contact AgriCapture through the form on agricapture.com/farmers with crop type, acreage, location, and management practices — their Farm Management team follows up to evaluate eligibility and build a land management plan. Questions can go to AgriCapture's office by phone.

AgriCapture Farm Management

AgriCapture pays farmers and landowners for verified emissions reductions and crop premiums across three lanes: sustainable rice (where flooding-management changes cut methane), other row crops, and grasslands or ranchlands. The company generated the first&#x2004;large-scale carbon credits for rice methane reduction in US history — 37,000 tons of CO2e — and also markets Climate-Friendly certified rice to mills and food companies at a premium.


AgriCapture handles the business side end to end: registration, monitoring via satellite imagery and ground-truth data, verification, and credit sales, so the farmer's role is the practices themselves. Revenue can come as carbon credit income, crop premiums for certified sustainable grain, or both.


It starts with a personalized land management plan built around the operation.



AgriCapture pays farmers and landowners for verified emissions reductions and crop premiums across three lanes: sustainable rice (where flooding-management changes cut methane), other row crops, and grasslands or ranchlands. The company generated the first large-scale carbon credits for rice methane reduction in US history — 37,000 tons of CO2e — and also markets Climate-Friendly certified rice to mills and food companies at a premium.

AgriCapture handles the business side end to end: registration, monitoring via satellite imagery and ground-truth data, verification, and credit sales, so the farmer's role is the practices themselves. Revenue can come as carbon credit income, crop premiums for certified sustainable grain, or both.

It starts with a personalized land management plan built around the operation.

- Rice growers changing water and residue management (the methane-reduction lane), row-crop farmers adopting regenerative practices, and grassland or ranchland owners increasing soil organic carbon.
- AgriCapture asks prospective enrollees for crop type, acreage, location, and management practices to evaluate eligibility; no published minimums or state list.

Rice

Livestock

Industrial Rice

Japonica Rice

Long Grain Rice

Medium Grain Rice

Sweet Rice

Wild Rice

Cattle

Pigs

Poultry

Sheep

Specialty Livestock

Beef Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Calves

Heifers

Steers

Bulls

Barrows

Boars

Feeder Pigs

Hogs

Sows

Chickens

Cornish Hens

Ducks

Geese

Turkey

Ewes

Lambs

Rams

Alpacas

Beefalo

Bison

Buffalo

Caribou

Deer

Emus

Goats

Guinea Pigs

Llamas

Mink

Mohair

Ostrich

Pheasants

Quail

Rabbits

Reindeer

Water Buffalo

Beef Bottom Round

Beef Brisket

Beef Chuck Roast

Beef Eye Round

Beef Flank Steak

Beef Flat Iron Steak

Beef Heart

Beef Liver

Beef London Broil

Beef NY Strip Steak

Beef Oxtail

Beef Rib Steak

Beef Rump Roast

Beef Short Ribs

Beef Sirloin

Beef Sirloin Tip Roast

Beef Skirt Steak

Beef Soup Bones

Beef Stew Meat

Beef Tongue

Beef Top Round

Beef Whole Filet

Ground Beef

Broilers

Chicks

Fryers

Layers

Pullets

Roasters

Ducklings

Goslings

Poults

Toms

Ground Lamb

Lamb Chops

Lamb Heart

Lamb Leg

Lamb Liver

Lamb Shank

Lamb Shoulder

Lamb Stew Meat

Bison Calf

Bison Meat

Bucks

Nannies

Slaughter Goats

No payment rates, contract lengths, or minimums are published. Revenue comes from third-party-verified carbon credits (AgriCapture manages registration, verification, and sale) and from crop premiums, where AgriCapture verifies climate benefits, maintains traceability with mills, and markets the grain. The rice methane lane produced the first large-scale US rice methane reduction credits; AgriCapture also runs Scope 3 insetting for supply-chain buyers, and participates in USDA's Advancing Markets for Producers work.

Enrollment is by inquiry, not a public application round. Submit AgriCapture's farmer/landowner enrollment intake form at https://agricapture.com/farmers/ - "Interested in enrolling in AgriCapture's programs? Please provide more information about your operation so our Farm Management team can reach out to you" (crop type, acreage, location, and management practices, so the farm management team can evaluate eligibility). The grassland program page carries its own contact form with a "Carbon Credits" interest option.

AgriCapture then follows a three-step process:

1. Land Evaluation - AgriCapture gathers data and uses satellite imagery to assess property eligibility and quantify carbon credit potential.
2. Project Development - AgriCapture develops a detailed Monitoring Plan and lists the project with a carbon registry.
3. Carbon Credit Verification & Sales - "A third-party auditor verifies the integrity of the carbon credits. Once credits are verified, AgriCapture identifies a buyer and manages the transaction."

Direct contact: AgriCapture's general inquiries line, by email or phone.

AgriCapture

General inquiries / Farm Management team

Delia Gibbs

Sustainability Project Manager (carbon project development for AgriCapture's grasslands conservation program)

Tyler Hull

Chief Executive Officer

AgriCapture develops **Avoided Grassland Conversion** carbon credits for landowners and ranchers who keep native grasslands out of crop production, and pays them by selling the resulting third-party-verified credits.


"Credits are issued for protecting native grasslands from conversion to cropland, representing&#x2004;a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. We leverage our best-in-class technology and soil expertise to improve landowner conservation and protect fragile ecosystems."


"AgriCapture will generate and sell third-party verified carbon credits, providing landowners with a financial incentive for their conservation efforts." Project outcomes cited: fragile ecosystem protection, natural resources conservation, and carbon sequestration.


AgriCapture's first grassland projects were developed in partnership with the Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT), generating credits for three Texas Panhandle ranches covering over 6,300 acres of native grasslands.



AgriCapture develops Avoided Grassland Conversion carbon credits for landowners and ranchers who keep native grasslands out of crop production, and pays them by selling the resulting third-party-verified credits.

"Credits are issued for protecting native grasslands from conversion to cropland, representing a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. We leverage our best-in-class technology and soil expertise to improve landowner conservation and protect fragile ecosystems."

"AgriCapture will generate and sell third-party verified carbon credits, providing landowners with a financial incentive for their conservation efforts." Project outcomes cited: fragile ecosystem protection, natural resources conservation, and carbon sequestration.

AgriCapture's first grassland projects were developed in partnership with the Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT), generating credits for three Texas Panhandle ranches covering over 6,300 acres of native grasslands.

Open to landowners and ranchers with native grasslands at risk of conversion to cropland. AgriCapture states it works with "a variety of landowners and farmers," and describes the grasslands and ranchlands track as "quantifying, conserving, and increasing soil organic carbon" to create "new revenue streams for landowners' sustainable land management."

Property eligibility is determined case by case: "AgriCapture gathers data and uses satellite imagery to assess property eligibility and quantify carbon credit potential." No minimum acreage, tenure requirement, or geographic restriction is published.

- AgriCapture for Farmers (enrollment intake): https://agricapture.com/farmers/
- Announcement: AgriCapture partners with Texas Agricultural Land Trust to preserve native grasslands: https://agricapture.com/agricapture-partners-with-texas-agricultural-land-trust-to-preserve-native-grasslands/
- AgriCapture carbon credits overview: https://agricapture.com/carbon-credits/
- AgriCapture team: https://agricapture.com/about-team/

Air Quality

Certification

High Tunnel

Landscape

Wildlife & Pollinator Habitat

Certified Organic

Certified Grassfed

Cover Crops

Landowner revenue comes from the sale of verified carbon credits rather than a published payment rate; AgriCapture "simplifies the carbon project process by managing registration, verification, and the sale of the credits, allowing farmers to focus on their operation."

AgriCapture's credits are issued by the Climate Action Reserve, and the company reports being "the first company in Texas history to receive carbon credits for avoided grassland conversion." Its MRV work has covered over 150,000 acres of U.S. farmers, ranchers, and landowners.

No per-acre or per-tonne payment rate, revenue-share split, contract term, or enrollment deadline is published on the program page.

Check eligibility through Arva's form (linked from arva.com/farmers — the "Check Your Eligibility" flow). Arva then matches the operation with program opportunities and manages enrollment, monitoring, and verification.

General enquiries go to Arva's general inbox or phone line. Headquarters: Houston, TX, with offices in Emeryville CA, Park City UT, Omaha NE, and a research farm in Humphrey AR.

Arva Natural Carbon

Arva connects row-crop farmers to carbon and sustainability markets, paying them for verified environmental assets generated by regenerative practices. Arva consolidates the farmer's field data, generates agronomic recommendations, matches the farm with buyer opportunities, and sells the resulting assets to corporations — the farmer sees revenue potential upfront and chooses&#x2004;how to participate.


Arva reports having paid more than $100 million to farmers for regenerative practices, and states it shares the majority of its carbon revenue with farmers, including payments for existing practices. It runs both offset programs (registry credits — carbon credits may be issued through the Verified Carbon Standard) and insetting programs inside corporate supply chains, and works through the agronomic advisors farmers already use.


Regenerative practices Arva pays for include cover crops, crop rotation, minimizing chemical inputs, and integrating livestock.



Arva connects row-crop farmers to carbon and sustainability markets, paying them for verified environmental assets generated by regenerative practices. Arva consolidates the farmer's field data, generates agronomic recommendations, matches the farm with buyer opportunities, and sells the resulting assets to corporations — the farmer sees revenue potential upfront and chooses how to participate.

Arva reports having paid more than $100 million to farmers for regenerative practices, and states it shares the majority of its carbon revenue with farmers, including payments for existing practices. It runs both offset programs (registry credits — carbon credits may be issued through the Verified Carbon Standard) and insetting programs inside corporate supply chains, and works through the agronomic advisors farmers already use.

Regenerative practices Arva pays for include cover crops, crop rotation, minimizing chemical inputs, and integrating livestock.

Eligibility is determined through Arva's online eligibility check, based on location, crops, and current practices. Arva's published focus is US row-crop operations — corn, soybeans, and rice feature in its verified projects — implementing or maintaining regenerative practices such as cover cropping, crop rotation, reduced chemical inputs, and livestock integration.

No minimum acreage, state list, or practice-history requirements are published.

Arva publishes no payment rates, contract lengths, or program fees. Its farmers page states it shares "the majority of our carbon revenue" with farmers, including for existing practices, and that farmers see revenue potential upfront before choosing how to participate.

Carbon credits may be issued through the Verified Carbon Standard (Arva's registered VCS project covers corn, soybeans, and rice). Arva also runs insetting programs, where the emission reductions stay inside a corporate buyer's supply chain rather than being sold as offsets.

Contact Athian through athian.ai (Get Started) to be matched with a validated protocol; participation typically runs alongside the producer's existing veterinarian, nutritionist, or cooperative relationships.

Athian

Athian runs the first voluntary carbon insetting marketplace for the livestock value chain, paying dairy and beef producers for verified greenhouse gas reductions on their operations — most prominently enteric methane cut through validated feed-management interventions. Producers select a science-backed intervention, track it with Athian, have results reviewed by an accredited third-party auditor, and the certified credits are sold on Athian's marketplace to buyers inside the livestock supply chain.


Because credits stay within the&#x2004;value chain as insets, buyers are processors and cooperatives meeting Scope 3 targets: Dairy Farmers of America made the marketplace's first purchase, from a Texas dairy that cut nearly 1,150 tonnes CO2e using an Elanco feed product and quantification tool. Athian reports paying dairy farmers $18 million for carbon reductions in 2024.


This is the first program in the library paying for livestock methane reduction rather than soil carbon — relevant to dairies and feeders whose opportunity is in the barn, not the field.



Athian runs the first voluntary carbon insetting marketplace for the livestock value chain, paying dairy and beef producers for verified greenhouse gas reductions on their operations — most prominently enteric methane cut through validated feed-management interventions. Producers select a science-backed intervention, track it with Athian, have results reviewed by an accredited third-party auditor, and the certified credits are sold on Athian's marketplace to buyers inside the livestock supply chain.

Because credits stay within the value chain as insets, buyers are processors and cooperatives meeting Scope 3 targets: Dairy Farmers of America made the marketplace's first purchase, from a Texas dairy that cut nearly 1,150 tonnes CO2e using an Elanco feed product and quantification tool. Athian reports paying dairy farmers $18 million for carbon reductions in 2024.

This is the first program in the library paying for livestock methane reduction rather than soil carbon — relevant to dairies and feeders whose opportunity is in the barn, not the field.

- Dairy and beef producers implementing a Athian-validated intervention — the first accepted protocol covers enteric methane reduction and feed-utilization improvement using Elanco feed-management products.
- Producers may be adopting new practices or monetizing sustainability efforts already underway.
- Results are verified by an accredited third-party auditor for protocol compliance and quantification before credits certify.

Milk

Beef

Cow Milk

Goat Milk

Dairy

Producers are compensated when certified credits from their verified interventions sell on Athian's marketplace; Athian does not publish per-ton rates or standard contract lengths. Reference points: the first sale (Dairy Farmers of America) covered ~1,150 tonnes CO2e from one Texas dairy, and Athian reports $18 million paid to dairy farmers in 2024. Third-party press has described payments reaching $150,000 for large dairies.

Enroll through the ForGround by Bayer platform (bayerforground.com) — sign up, take the eligibility quiz, and enroll fields directly. Fields can be added or removed with Bayer's approval within 30 days of the start of the upcoming calendar year.

Program compatibility questions can go to the Bayer Carbon Program team.

Bayer Carbon Program

The Bayer Carbon Program, part of ForGround by Bayer, pays US row-crop growers fixed per-acre payments for adopting cover crops and conservation tillage. Unlike credit-share programs whose payout depends on a moving carbon price, Bayer pays a set, known per-acre rate each year: $6 per acre for each eligible practice, up to $12 per acre for combining cover crops with a qualifying tillage practice.


The program&#x2004;is available in 28 states across 12 eligible cash crops, and comes with year-round agronomic support and access to ForGround discounts and offers. Growers choose which eligible practices to adopt and which fields to enroll, and may request to add or remove fields ahead of each calendar year.


New for 2026: acres with managed livestock grazing on cover crops or crop residue may participate. Grazing is not an incentivized practice, but it is allowed under the program terms and verification.



The Bayer Carbon Program, part of ForGround by Bayer, pays US row-crop growers fixed per-acre payments for adopting cover crops and conservation tillage. Unlike credit-share programs whose payout depends on a moving carbon price, Bayer pays a set, known per-acre rate each year: $6 per acre for each eligible practice, up to $12 per acre for combining cover crops with a qualifying tillage practice.

The program is available in 28 states across 12 eligible cash crops, and comes with year-round agronomic support and access to ForGround discounts and offers. Growers choose which eligible practices to adopt and which fields to enroll, and may request to add or remove fields ahead of each calendar year.

New for 2026: acres with managed livestock grazing on cover crops or crop residue may participate. Grazing is not an incentivized practice, but it is allowed under the program terms and verification.

Eligible practices: no-till, strip-till, and cover crops. Reduced-till may be eligible on acres where cover crops are used.

Eligible geography: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Eligible cash crops: corn, soybeans, wheat, barley, sorghum, chickpeas, dry beans, oats, lentils, millet, peas, and rye.

Fields previously enrolled in another carbon program became eligible starting in 2026, with proof of termination from the previous program; historical payments are not available for those fields. Growers must disclose enrollment in stewardship or conservation programs (such as CRP) during the prior 10 years.

Bayer offers an eligibility quiz on the program page.

Barley

Sorghum

Chickpeas

Dried Beans

Oats

Lentils

Millet

Peas

Malting Barley

Dry Peas

English Peas

Green Peas

Snap Peas

Sugar Peas

Pulse Crops

Other Commodities

How payment works. Growers earn $6 per acre for each eligible practice — no-till, strip-till, or cover crops — and up to $12 per acre when combining cover crops with a qualifying tillage practice. The rate is a set, known value paid each year, not a share of a carbon credit price.

Contract term. Enrolling a field starts a 5-year program performance period. Bayer may, at its discretion, offer renewal for additional five-year periods, up to three times per field — up to 20 years total if all renewals are offered and accepted.

Stacking. Fields may not simultaneously generate carbon assets in another program. Starting in 2026, fields previously enrolled elsewhere may join with proof of termination. Participation in stewardship or conservation programs may be permitted if no carbon assets are created and the other program allows it; Bayer asks growers to verify compatibility with its carbon program team.

Create a free account and enter basic operation information to check eligibility. Indigo provides a carbon calculator to estimate earning potential by location and practice change before enrolling. Enrollment is digital, and growers can review the terms and conditions of the Carbon contract during the enrollment process.

Questions about whether an operation qualifies can go to Indigo customer support.

Carbon by Indigo Support

Carbon by Indigo pays farmers for carbon sequestered through practice changes on cropland, rather than&#x2004;a lump sum or single payment for practice change. The standard program returns 75% of the weighted carbon credit purchase price directly to the farmer, and farmers always take home 75% or more of the carbon credit average sale amount.


Credits are issued by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR), an independent third-party registry, which confirms their eligibility for sale. Indigo describes the program as the largest registry-approved agricultural soil carbon program in the market, with more than 2 million credits issued to date.



Carbon by Indigo pays farmers for carbon sequestered through practice changes on cropland, rather than a lump sum or single payment for practice change. The standard program returns 75% of the weighted carbon credit purchase price directly to the farmer, and farmers always take home 75% or more of the carbon credit average sale amount.

Credits are issued by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR), an independent third-party registry, which confirms their eligibility for sale. Indigo describes the program as the largest registry-approved agricultural soil carbon program in the market, with more than 2 million credits issued to date.

There are eight criteria your operation needs to meet to be eligible for the Carbon by Indigo program:

1. Location — fields must be located in an eligible state. The program is available across all 48 continental US states.
2. Land use — at this time, only cropland is eligible. Indigo states it aims to expand to other land use types, such as pastureland, in the future.
3. Crops — you must grow a currently supported crop on the fields you would like to contract, and have exclusively planted eligible crops on those fields in the last five years (excluding crops grown as covers). Eligible crops: alfalfa, barley, dry beans or peas, canola, corn, cotton, flax, millet, oats, peanuts, rye, sorghum or milo, soybeans, sugar beets, sunflowers, triticale, wheat.
4. Practice change — you must make a practice change on your farm. Eligible practices include planting cover crops, reducing tillage, diversifying crop rotation, and improving nitrogen timing. Cover crops are the best way to maximize payment.
5. Other programs — fields currently enrolled in other carbon credit programs are not eligible. Fields under some conservation agreements may also be ineligible: fields in CRP are ineligible, but fields utilizing EQIP or CSP are eligible.
6. Tenure — fields must have been used in agricultural production for at least the past ten years.
7. Uncommon situations — a few scenarios may make a field ineligible, including clearing native ecosystems, farming on histosols, reclaiming mining land, and adding tile drains during the Carbon contract period.
8. Record keeping — you are required to submit detailed field records, which may include planting dates, fertilizer type, and application method, depending on your operation.

Indigo also states the program is open to farmers who grow any of 18 types of crops on at least 150 acres, enrolling at least one field.

Payments are based on performance — the number of verified carbon credits generated on enrolled land and sold to a third-party buyer.

All payments under Carbon by Indigo are subject to multi-year vesting and are contingent on continued long-term maintenance of regenerative agricultural practices and soil carbon levels. Indigo's disclosure states payments are "paid on a five-year schedule."

All carbon credits generated are subject to a buffer pool holdback of up to 20% of credits generated, required by third-party crediting to protect against reversals; participants will not receive payments for the holdback.

Indigo states that even if farmers choose to discontinue carbon farming with Indigo, they will never be asked to pay back money they have been paid.

List of Agricultural Funding for Carbon Credits