Considering Carbon: Understanding the Legalities of Soil Carbon Sequestration Contracts

Corporate America’s pledge to reduce its carbon footprint is now trickling down to farmers and ranchers. A number of programs exist that offer to pay farmers to increase the carbon levels in their soil through no-till, strip-till, and cover cropping. In exchange for implementing these practices, farmers agree to sell the carbon credits generated on their fields to third-party brokers, who in turn sell those credits to industries looking to offset their emissions and reduce their carbon footprints.

These soil carbon contracts are unlike other contracts signed by farmers and ranchers, and present new challenges and questions.  This webinar will examine these new soil carbon contracts and explain the challenges to widespread adoption.