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Streamlining the path to agricultural carbon and ecosystem services markets.

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Building carbon markets from the ground up.

 Truterra, LLC, is at the forefront of helping farmers estimate, evaluate, and develop ecosystem services credits, such as carbon removal, for sale in a rapidly emerging marketplace. As the only farmer-driven, farmer-owned sustainability company, Truterra improves the accessibility of ecosystem services markets to create a more efficient, less cumbersome process for farmers to better share in the value they are providing.

 

New markets deserve innovative solutions. That’s where we come in.

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Carbon Credit Sellers

Truterra engages with farmers to identify markets for previous carbon-sequestering practices—as far back as five years. We also help evaluate and adjust practices to create carbon credits for future sales.

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Carbon Credit Buyers

Truterra offers the market’s only farmer-driven, farmer-owned carbon credit offering. If you believe in the power of farm-to-fork, you will appreciate our soil-to-certification approach.

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Scope 3 Emissions Reductions

Truterra is uniquely positioned to help consumer food products and other value chain partners working with agricultural products advance their carbon reduction goals. From initial quantification and goal-setting support, to targeted investments in continuous sustainability improvements, we put our deep knowledge of agriculture and industry-leading agronomic data resources to work for you.

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Ecosystem Services

The same technologies helping Truterra farmers develop carbon credits can deliver other ecosystem services credits, as well. See how Truterra is already leading efforts to recognize farmers for their stewardship of water quality and water quantity—and learn how you can get involved.

Carbon confidence.

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    Real Acres. Real Data.

    The Truterra™ Stewardship Platform uses field-by-field data to calculate carbon-removal, along with likely return-on-investment of related practice changes. Real farmers and real fields lead to more accurate assessments and higher quality carbon products.

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    Keeping Carbon Benefits Local

    As a farmer-owned sustainability company, Truterra understands the importance of keeping farm revenues local. Maintaining more carbon revenues in the community leads to improved farmer livelihoods and more vibrant rural communities.

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    Healthy Soils for a Brighter Future

    Agricultural carbon removal not only helps address climate change, it also helps build better, more productive, and more resilient soils. Truterra analytics help farmers benchmark and measure critical changes in soil health even as they remove carbon from the environment.

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    Making Sense of Complexity

    Truterra leads the marketplace in weaving together opportunities from public, private, and non-profit sectors in the interest of on-farm stewardship and its carbon removal benefits. We understand farming is a complex biological system, and practice changes involve costs and risks as well as rewards and resilience. We collaborate to help the full supply chain – from farmers to buyers – simplify and navigate the evolving journey from on-farm practice to certified carbon credit.

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"We believe Truterra's approach is the best because we will generate the most value for farmers and this new carbon marketplace."

Jason Weller, Vice President, Truterra, LLC

Carbon Markets: When you don't know what you don't know

Mystified by the emerging carbon market? You're not alone. Read this blog post to find out 10 questions you should ask before signing a carbon contract.

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Transforming on-farm stewardship into farm-generated carbon credits

Wondering how a carbon credit is created and purchased? This infographic lays out the process of transforming on-farm stewardship into farm-generated carbon credits from start to finish.

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How is soil carbon measured? And how much is it worth?

In Touch & In Tune is a technical newsletter written by Dr. Jennifer Wells. In this issue Dr. Jennifer Wells answers two questions: (1) how do you measure soil carbon and (2) how much is it worth?

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Breaking Down the Carbon Market

A question and answer resource that breaks down the carbon market and how agriculture fits in it.

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Ready to farm carbon?

You may already have marketable carbon in your soils. Complete this 30-second survey to learn if you are a candidate for carbon payments.

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