Agoro Carbon Alliance

Officially launched in June 2021, Agoro Carbon offers both row crop and range and pasture opportunities. Originally a part of Yara, the company became a separate legal entity in early 2022.

About the program:

• 10-year contracts
• Minimum of 500 acres and three years of practice documentation
• Flexible payment options
• Annual payments in early years to compensate for practice implementation
• Lump sum payments based on verified data
• Programs for reduced tillage, cover crops, nitrogen management, rotational grazing, and increasing biodiversity
• Access to agronomists to create a road map of practice changes
• Agronomic support throughout the life of the contract
• Backed by Yara International

Program Differentiators

Agoro Carbon does not sell any type of inputs, products, or services, meaning there are no strings attached when it comes to products used. Without restrictions on eligible inputs, farmers can make decisions that are best for their operation.

"Commercially, we made a distinction quite a long time ago that we do not want to be attached to other products and services," says Anastasia Pavlovic, Agoro Carbon's chief operating officer. "In the future, it could be an option, but what's important to me is that it's not wrapped in the contracts."

By the Numbers

In its first year, the Agoro Carbon program distributed payments totaling more than $9 million to farmers and ranchers.

Carbon Farmer

"No one's going to keep doing something if they are not successful, and Agoro Carbon wants you to be successful," says Brian Miller from Spiceland, Indiana. "What benefits us on the farm also benefits everyone else in this environment. My biggest benefit from it is just someone else to talk to about ideas that I have [and] someone who can broaden my knowledge base of what's going on in other parts of the country and other parts of the world."