Nutrien
Nutrien has partnered with several industry players, including Syngenta, Corteva, and BASF. ESMC and Soil and Water Outcomes Fund are the program's execution partners. They use their Agrible sustainability platform to track and measure the results of practices. The program is currently conducting pilots with an anticipated larger-scale launch in 2022.
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Nutrien
| Year Organization Established a Carbon Program | 2020 |
| Affiliated Organization Type | Seed, crop protection and ancillary services |
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| Buyers secured | |
| Payment Basis to Farmers | $/Acre for practice implementation |
| Payment Amount and Details | Up to $15/acre |
| Agricultural System Focus | Cropland |
| Eligible States | 20 US States: ID, MT, ND, SD, CO, NE, KS, TX, IA, IL, IN, OH, KY, TX, AL, GA, NC, VA, PA, and NY. |
| Eligible Practices | Nitrogen management and reduced tillage practices |
| Contract Length | No details yet |
| Contract Details | Carbon remains in the ground for the duration of the contract. |
| Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) | Nutrien developed its Digital Hub that includes a producer-specific "toolbox" with features such as:A streamlined way to organized important producer-approved and provided data.Annual field planning sustainability analytics.Carbon outcome measurement and streamlined monetization.The program will use its Agrible sustainability platform to track and measure results for producers. |
| Digital Tools for MRV | Agrible is a digital tool that measures grower’s sustainability efforts and then connects them to leading downstream food processing and manufacturing companies |
| Qualification/eligibility criteria | |
| Minimum Acreage | No minimum acreage |
| Must land be owned? | |
| Minimum Data Requirements | Data requirements are not currently available. |
| Years of management practice data needed | |
| Does the program pay for past practices? | |
| Additional information | Nutrien has set a goal to engage 75 million acres in its Sustainable Agriproducts Program by 2030.In 2023, Nutrien’s combined U.S. and Canada insets and offsets resulted in approximately 1,500 tonnes CO2e of emissions reductions and removals from improved agricultural practices.In 2023, Nutrien enabled emissions reductions on approximately 900,000 sustainably engaged acres in North America, working with growers and collaborating with approximately 15 suppliers and downstream partners.In August of 2024, Nutrien announced an alliance with Bunge work with their suppliers of oilseed crops. |
| Payment Calculator | Farm Emissions Profile to help farmers understand their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and consider production efficiency strategies to reduce emissions. |
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For additional details, visit the Nutrien’s website