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Across the various events at this year’sClimate Week NYC,nature-based solutions were at the forefront of many discussions of how to best address the climate crisis. The week,which spanned September 19 to 23, 2022, is an annual collection of events...
Black-owned rice mill in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. That fact may surprise some, but P.J. Haynie, fifth-generation row crop farmer and Chairman of the National Black Growers...
With spring planting season just around the corner, Indigo is making its first ever US biological nematicide product available to farmers for field trials, following rigorous...
Farmers are the heart of what we do at Indigo. We have a strong belief that sustainable agriculture is the leading, scalable solution to create enduring environmental and...
Indigo Ag announced the completion of its second carbon crop, consisting of more than 110,000 agricultural carbon credits.
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Subscribe NowMike Bretz's point of view was: “If we can actually make agriculture more profitable and improve soil health, why not go do it?” Mike jumped in headfirst with all 450 acres into beneficial practices, planting cover crops first and going for another round his second season.
A decade after taking his first steps toward practices that benefit the soil, Adam continues to maximize his profitability and reduce his expenses by introducing new practices.
In 2013, crop prices were falling faster than the input prices, making turning a profit hard to impossible. The changes Steve made helped him make a profit and have more time with his family.
Iowa farmer Kyle Schnell found the more he applies beneficial practices such as cover crops, grazing, and no-till, the more his profits increase. He spends less and earns more.
Indiana farmer Ken Rulon has been using no-till and cover crops for decades—and has the data to shows benefits. Some of those benefits include increasing his profitability by reducing costs on pesticides and insecticides and focusing on having something in the ground all year.
On her family’s farm in Ohio, Kasey Bryant Bamberger uses digital technology and natural microbiology to enrich her soil and produce a healthier crop. In their first year of using cover crops and no-till, they even saw a large-scale weed reduction.
Quinn’s soil has made a transformation. “We started with some pretty chalky white soil, and it was less than 1% organic matter. On a lot of our fields, we've had some pretty degraded ground that we were working with here,” he says, which motivated him to try cover crops, no-till, and grazing. It took some trial and error, but his soil made a turnaround. “If we've got the moisture in the soil, our soil almost looks like crumbly chocolate cake now.”
Lance Unger and his family adopted cover crops and "minimal tillage" on their Southwest Indiana row crop farm. They've since seen increased soil health and productivity, while also earning additional income for carbon credits in year 1 of participating in Carbon By Indigo.
North Dakota farmer Paul Overby and his wife started exploring reduced tillage, cover crops, and crop rotation on their 1300-acre operation. Since then, they’ve seen labor and cost savings, better yields and quality, increased soil health, and a new carbon sequestration revenue stream.
On Lehe Farms in Indiana, Chris Lehe and his family implemented no-till and cover crops. They joined Carbon by Indigo to add a revenue stream for the carbon they sequestered, not just get paid for practice changes.
On 2N2E Farms in Oklahoma, Mark Nault has seen increased soil health and reduced costs from implementing cover crops and no till.
Black-owned rice mill in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. That fact may surprise some, but P.J. Haynie, fifth-generation row crop farmer and Chairman of the National Black Growers...
With spring planting season just around the corner, Indigo is making its first ever US biological nematicide product available to farmers for field trials, following rigorous...
Farmers are the heart of what we do at Indigo. We have a strong belief that sustainable agriculture is the leading, scalable solution to create enduring environmental and...
Over the last five years Indigo has pioneered sustainable agriculture programs with our industry partners, and now we’re excited to announce the market’s next major step. ...
For merchandisers to manage their bidding and contracting efficiently in Market+ Merchandise, we set out to build an easy-to-use and insightful business management experience...
Today Indigo announced its second crop of verified, registry-issued carbon credits at scale. It is our second crop of agricultural carbon credits, and more broadly, only the...
As the carbon credit market continues to grow, with demand continuing to push up credit prices, you may be asking yourself: what do credit buyers do with the credits? To...
Second-generation rice farmer Trey Bowers does not want to be stuck in his ways. He is always looking to make his rice, corn, and soybean operation more profitable. That...
A lot has happened in the development of agricultural carbon credits, markets, and programs since Indigo started hosting the Carbon Farming Connection two years ago. The...
The tide on corporate climate commitments is shifting, with a record number of companies making pledges in 2022. According to research from JUST Capital, nearly half the...
As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing season, many are watching trends to understand their impact on farm operations, profitability, and farm longevity. Rising input...
It’s no surprise to farmers that the carbon market is crowded. Maybe you’ve already been courted by several companies, both large and small, to sign up for a program....
Earlier this month, nearly 450 farmers received more than $3.7 million in prepayments for the Carbon by Indigo’s second crop of high-quality, high-value carbon credits, which...
As farmers become interested in joining new carbon programs, they are often educated in sustainable agriculture practices with which they might be unfamiliar. While these...
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP), organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) just wrapped up in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Indigo...
Additional writing and reporting by Ryan DalyAs a company buying agricultural products such as grains and fibers, you may be looking to account for greenhouse gas reductions...
“I was 11 years old on 9/11,” recalls David Morgan, senior software engineer in DevOps. “That's when I decided: I want to join the military. That was a real cornerstone event...
Small farms, big job: Feeding the world against all odds in the Nilgiris, in the state of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Photograph by P. V. SundareshwarNext week the world’s...
It is scary story season. That time of year when we allow ourselves to be entertained by the scariness of the unknown. While entertaining for most people, the unknown can...
The energy and optimism were palpable at Indigo’s first Science and Policy Forum, which just concluded in Boston. With a focus on accelerating ag sustainability solutions to...
What are carbon offset registries, and why are they important?In simple terms, carbon offset registries ensure three things: 1) the highest level of quality and rigor in...
Across the various events at this year’sClimate Week NYC,nature-based solutions were at the forefront of many discussions of how to best address the climate crisis. The week,...
Last month, the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law. In it, agriculture finally receives top billing alongside climate solutions like direct air capture, energy...
Fresh on the heels of our milestone carbon credit issuance, Indigo Ag is pleased to announce that we are paying $30 per credit to Carbon by Indigo farmers for verified...
In many ways, today’s agricultural carbon markets are a lot like a frontier. We all have heard stories and assumptions about what's out there, but really they've just been...
It’s no secret there’s a drought impacting the American West. These hot, dry conditions across the West have been a big stress for farmers and their crops, particularly...
The recent growth of carbon credit markets has generated a lot of interest and talk in the ag sector. As with any new opportunity or product, there is a learning curve. Just...
With support from a new grant, some Native American farmers and ranchers are getting first-hand exposure to the benefits of carbon farming.
A diverse group of people, including former originators and merchandisers, are working together to build the next generation of grain merchandising technology. What brought...
May 27, 2022. The best laid plans, in farming, are always close to going awry. Heat waves, heavy rain events, and disease stress can disrupt an otherwise healthy crop—and...
Managing price risk well comes down to your speed and accuracy. How quickly can you lock in a position—such as a hedge—before the market moves? And is that position exactly...
How does soil carbon get measured? Accurately measuring carbon sequestration is important because it ensures buyers have confidence in the carbon credits they purchase and...
The optimism of planting this year may be a bit tempered with not only significant input price increases and availability issues, but also significant soil moisture...
It’s that time of day: The snack attack is hitting. What if you could choose a snack that helps remove greenhouse gases from the air? Sounds delicious—provided the price is...
For Earth Week, we’ve rounded up the latest interviews in our Paths to Profitability series, which features farmers from across the country and the questions they asked...
Sustainability industry veterans and newcomers gathered in Anaheim, California, last week for North American Carbon World 2022, an event hosted by the Climate Action Reserve....
Fertilizer prices have more than doubled over the past year. What events have caused these prices to go up, what impact does it have on overall farm costs of production, and...
“My father, in his childhood, experienced firsthand the 1930s Dust Bowl. Living during and in the fallout of such ecological devastation, and eating sandwiches full of dirt...
After two years of virtual chats and webinars, Indigo was excited to be back in-person at Commodity Classic this month, walking the trade show floor with farmers and partners...
Before joining a carbon program, some farmers will have more questions to answer than others, depending on how they farm. The biggest factor is how familiar a farmer is with...
This season marks the beginning of “Spring Fashion Weeks” around the globe. From New York to Paris to Hong Kong, the fashion world showcases its creative progress on the...
Ryan Stockwell is a Wisconsin farmer who helps farmers solve problems on their farms with Carbon by Indigo.
Most people might find it surprising to learn that 98 percent of farms in the United States are family-owned in some capacity, according to the USDA’s Economic Resource...
Cover crops are hailed by carbon farmers as one of the first and most influential changes a grower can make as they work toward better soil health and sustainability.
“When talking to my granddad, I learned that when he started out, people would come burn his stuff down. Our hog pens were burned down. There were death threats sent to our...
Using carbon farming practices to generate agricultural carbon credits has become a real opportunity for farmers to address agronomic problems, reduce on-farm expenses, and...
What if an origination team could take its contracting process completely online? Manage the entire lifecycle of its cash contracts in a digital experience? With advanced...
There’s a change happening in agriculture. Farmers are considering and adopting farming practices like cover crops, reduced tillage, and diverse crop rotations that are not...
Ryan Stockwell is a Wisconsin farmer who helps farmers solve problems on their farms with Carbon by Indigo.
Crop merchandising has been stubbornly analog for decades. Scale tickets, phone calls, and texts are the way business gets done. Inconsistent standards, incomplete...
Ryan Stockwell is a Wisconsin farmer who helps farmers solve problems on their farms with Carbon by Indigo. If you are like me, you enjoy the seasonality of farming.
“What if you could manage the entire lifecycle of a grain transaction through a single application?” This was the question that brought together a few of Indigo’s crop...
Carbon programs are popping up everywhere in agriculture. That makes deciding which program to participate in one of the hottest talking points for farmers right now. What...
image above: Prof. Keith Paustian of Colorado State University shares his outlook on opportunitiesto advance soil carbon research at an Indigo-hosted reception at the 2021...
By Max DuBuisson, Bradley Rochlin, Guy Pinjuv
Sometimes starting something new is really about leaving something behind. Such is the case with incorporating no-till.
Healthy soils can make your operation more profitable and weather-resistant, fortifying your business for future generations. But building or repairing soil health can take...
Big news in the agriculture world last week: Indigo Ag announced its acquisition of Soil Metrics, an industry-leading technology company that has developed a comprehensive...
“As a commerce company, Shopify champions entrepreneurs around the world, and we want to make entrepreneurship accessible for anyone everywhere,” says Stacy Kauk, Director of...
10/20/21 Today’s consumers are asking more and more: how, and at what cost to the environment, does food reach my table?
Ryan Stockwell is a Wisconsin farmer who helps farmers solve problems on their farms with Carbon by Indigo. I’ll admit, when I first heard of the idea of using no till in the...
Even though Ryan Heiniger hasn’t always been farming, he’s always stayed close to the management of land, its resources, and safeguarding the wildlife who inhabit it. The...
10/16/21 Each year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) designates World Food Day on October 16th to bring awareness to the transformations in food systems,...
Corn and soybean harvest is here, a hectic two-month stretch for both farmers and merchants. This season has us reflecting on how merchandising work has changed over the past...
The demand for agricultural carbon credits is growing. Hundreds of Fortune 500 businesses are making commitments to purchase them in order to further their environmental...
Carbon farming is the process of changing agricultural practices to increase the levels of carbon in the soil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This type of regenerative...
The agricultural carbon marketplace is emerging. The buyers are all in, making commitments to available carbon credit and trying to find more. Their interest in credits is...
The science of agricultural production matters a lot when only a handful of ingredients make up your food or drink. Think coffee, which is just one ingredient. Or beer. The...
“We are either stealing the future or healing the future,” author, journalist, and business strategist Paul Hawken said in a discussion to kick off the Carbon Farming...
To highlight the importance of caring for our planet and its people, the UN designated World Environment Day in 1972, with this year’s theme being Ecosystem Restoration.
The science behind agricultural carbon sequestration offers a snapshot of the constant dialogue between the atmosphere, plants, and soils. It starts with photosynthesis—and...
April 23, 2021 We caught up with one of the winners of the Indigo Carbon Challenge to spotlight the work being done by American Farmland Trust.
Stéphane Bancel, CEO of pioneering biotech powerhouse startup Moderna, understands the vital importance of climate. More than a year into a global pandemic brought forth by...
“Just take one of the pictures from the current Mars rover, Persistence, of a field with nothing in it. Just parched and dry. Then imagine a field of waist-high glowing green...
What makes for a valuable, open marketplace? The ability to conduct business easily, with confidence, and at a moment’s notice with the people you want to conduct business...
Farmers depend on water for their business, as much as seeds, sun, and fertilizer – and it shows. Agriculture consumes 70% of the world’s freshwater an 85% of the available...
Larkin Martin manages a family-farming operation in Courtland, Alabama, where she raises cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat. Her cotton is now part of a sourcing collaboration...
A conservation biologist steering sustainability and sourcing for a luxury fashion group? You better believe Helen Crowley, Head of Sustainable Sourcing & Nature Initiatives...
P.J. Haynie is a fifth-generation row crop farmer based out of Virgina with a satellite operation in Arkansas. Winter wheat, barley, corn, and soybeans – the same crops...
Indigo launched the first-of-its-kind Indigo Carbon Challenge in 2019 to find novel solutions for agricultural soil carbon sequestration and help draw the world's...
Businesses and consumers are laser-focused on making sure the carbon credits they buy are a true measure of progress against climate change.
After five years of working at Anheuser-Busch, first as an agronomist, now as the agronomy manager for rice, Bill Jones has seen firsthand how consumer demand for...
Hear from three Indigo agronomists – Monica Campen in Missouri, Bryan Randall in Ohio, and Evan Brehm in Iowa – on the steps they are taking with Indigo growers across the...
It may not make its way on to many calendars this season, but World Soil Day is a holiday we can get behind. In honor of the day, we’ve rounded up a few ways you can...
By Max DuBuisson, Director of Carbon Policy, Indigo Ag The agricultural carbon market just took a major leap forward: In October, rigorous protocols for “soil enrichment”...
Griggs Farm LLC has been operating in Tennessee since 1882. Today, it is run across approximately 2,000 acres by Matt and Kelly Griggs, husband and wife who came back to the...
Before Mike Bretz was figuring out how to capture carbon in his family farm’s soil, he was in a boardroom working to take carbon out of his company’s supply chain. The...
Kasey Bryant Bamberger is a third-generation partner in Bryant Agriculture Enterprise. That’s a general title, with broad responsibilities, from running the financials to...
Chris Prevatt, a 32-year-old rancher based out of Alabama – and the winner of this year’s inaugural Carbon Cup – started out attending conferences. Down south for the...
Agricultural soil carbon sequestration and emissions reductions can be immediate and affordable levers in addressing climate change, as suggested by the climate plans...
By David Perry Today, CNBC ranked Indigo as the most innovative company in the world on its 2019 Disruptor 50 list. This news is significant for our young organization but,...
By David Perry The agriculture industry is currently one of the biggest contributors to human caused greenhouse gas emissions, but I believe that it is also one of the most...
By Geoffrey von Maltzahn Today, we’re excited to announce Indigo’s acquisition of TellusLabs, a satellite imaging and artificial intelligence company based out of Somerville,...
The system by which we grow and distribute grain is well over a hundred years old. In the early 1900s, with significant urban migration, came the need for an efficient way to...
By Geoffrey von Maltzahn When evaluating products, growers trust the results they see with their own eyes. The benefit of a different seed variety, irrigation system,...
At Indigo, we believe the best lab for testing innovative agricultural techniques is the farm itself. Through collaborations with farmers around the US, we are building the...
By David Perry In the first half of the twentieth century, we became increasingly concerned about how we could feed a growing population. In the decades after World War II,...
By Geoffrey von Maltzahn This past season, we planted Indigo Corn™ in a region of central Kansas where fields only received 50% of their average rainfall. This severe water...
Grower David Cleavinger discusses Indigo’s multi-faceted approach to improving the agricultural industry for the next generation I first learned about Indigo in July 2017,...
By David Perry At Indigo, we believe that we have the opportunity to create a fundamentally different kind of agriculture company — one that is focused on a different set of...
I am very excited to be part of such a world-class team, focused on the company’s mission to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. One of the compelling reasons for me...
Today, we announced the launch of Indigo Research Partners, a program that enables Indigo and growers to test new technologies together. With Indigo Research Partners, we...
By Barry Knight Farmers face a profitability challenge. Most people don’t think that farmers make much money. It’s true – farming’s margins are slim. Yet revenues from crops...
Today, we are sharing the data from the commercial launch of our first product, Indigo™ Cotton. I’m pleased to report that the commercial data indicate that Indigo Cotton led...
Growing up in Arkansas, we knew where our water came from. A plastic pipe allowed water to gravity flow from a nearby spring to a concrete water tank next to our house....
The business of farming has always been synonymous with significant risk. Farmers’ basic business model involves a significant upfront investment in land and machinery. On...
By Geoffrey von Maltzahn We here at Indigo have been getting this question a lot over the past few weeks. As a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help feed the planet,...
Crop merchandising has been stubbornly analog for decades. Scale tickets, phone calls, and texts are the way business gets done. Inconsistent standards, incomplete...
When working on her masters in agricultural economics, Jacqueline Holland focused her research on large farm decision-making and precision crop technology. She brings that...
Angie Setzer, a grain marketing specialist you probably know by her twitter handle, @GoddessofGrain, joins GrainWaves to talk farmer mindsets, the future of ag...
Weren’t able to attend the NGFA convention this year? Rodney breaks down 3 trends he saw from the show floor — including the importance of end-to-end technology solutions —...
Calling in from western Iowa, grain marketer Thad England gives an update on what he’s seeing and hearing from farmers and buyers as corn & beans continue their historic...
The growth of analytics and data science in the grain business will be a trend to watch over the next decade. And it won’t be us vs. machines. It will be us + machines....
Jason Wheeler, co-host of Elevator’s Cut and grain merchandising specialist at White Commercial, stops by to talk with Rodney on how a strong, local grain buyer can be so...
Kearney Klein knows carriers don’t want to spend more time sourcing loads. He knows farmers and grain buyers want faster access to freight, with more clarity around rates....
Welcome Aline Pezente, new co-host of Grainwaves, who talks with Rodney on how the business of grain merchandising is not a zero-sum game between growers and buyers. Both...
From digital trading systems to artificial intelligence, AgYield has built a portfolio of powerful technology tools that simplify the grain marketing process for farmers....
With the release of yesterday’s USDA Planting Intentions Report, the first true benchmark of the U.S. 2022 growing season is now upon us.
Crop merchandising has been stubbornly analog for decades. Scale tickets, phone calls, and texts are the way business gets done. Inconsistent standards, incomplete information, and lack of visibility into what’s happening have been accepted as the...
When working on her masters in agricultural economics, Jacqueline Holland focused her research on large farm decision-making and precision crop technology. She brings that strong knowledge of large agribusiness management to her daily reporting as a...
Getting on a path to a more profitable future often starts with one question.
On 2N2E Farms in Oklahoma, Mark Nault has seen increased soil health and reduced costs from implementing cover crops and no till.
On Lehe Farms in Indiana, Chris Lehe and his family implemented no-till and cover crops. They joined Carbon by Indigo to add a revenue stream for the ...
North Dakota farmer Paul Overby and his wife started exploring reduced tillage, cover crops, and crop rotation on their 1300-acre operation. Since ...
Lance Unger and his family adopted cover crops and "minimal tillage" on their Southwest Indiana row crop farm. They've since seen increased soil ...
Quinn’s soil has made a transformation. “We started with some pretty chalky white soil, and it was less than 1% organic matter. On a lot of our ...
On her family’s farm in Ohio, Kasey Bryant Bamberger uses digital technology and natural microbiology to enrich her soil and produce a healthier ...
Indiana farmer Ken Rulon has been using no-till and cover crops for decades—and has the data to shows benefits. Some of those benefits include ...
With mounting chemical prices, Tony Hein thought to himself, “I’ve got to do something different.” Exploring beneficial practices has helped Tony ...
Iowa farmer Kyle Schnell found the more he applies beneficial practices such as cover crops, grazing, and no-till, the more his profits increase. He ...
In 2013, crop prices were falling faster than the input prices, making turning a profit hard to impossible. The changes Steve made helped him make a ...
Mike Bretz's point of view was: “If we can actually make agriculture more profitable and improve soil health, why not go do it?” Mike jumped in ...
A decade after taking his first steps toward practices that benefit the soil, Adam continues to maximize his profitability and reduce his expenses by ...
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