Minnesota landowners can sell ‘carbon crop’

News Assistant — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:58:51 -0600

By Gary Wyatt and Diomy Zamora, University of Minnesota Extension

Minnesota agricultural producers, grassland and woodland owners have an opportunity to receive payments for their “carbon crop,” their land’s ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Carbon credits — credit payments for greenhouse gas emissions reductions— are available for conservation tillage methods, recent plantings of perennial grass and trees, and existing sustainably-managed forests.

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Minnesota landowners can sell ‘carbon crop’