Carbon Credits

[bucket]

I have to side with wilagro and burbert on this one. If there is benefit on this carbon thing to the environment why wouldn't crop insurance get the benefit to everyone with lower premiums and maybe more customers. They have the records of the land and the way its been farmed.

You don't need a middleman to hide the or take profits.

A few years back when I was a rm councillor I talked to DU about this. They have been selling crbon credits to saskpower for years and using the hayland as their base. Think of the money they gave out to ranchers for seeding land back to grass and took an easement on that land. They are still making money on that deal and will be for a long time.

[just_wondering]

vvalk I got about $1.75 an acre for 3 years,this upcoming period covers grass as well and rates have been going up.
Bucket good for ducks to get an extra revenue source for their good work they do on habitat conservation.

Burburt/wiagro I believe organics are a scam as well yet people pay good money to eat that way, who knows why.
The organic market grows at 30% year.

[Jay-mo]

One of the few times I agree with one of Burberts comments.
Even if you get paid for your carbon credits the pretense of carbon trading is a total scam.
As far as organics go. One idea would be for organic farmers to be the ones having to buy carbon credits and paying those that min/zero till. Unless they are zero-till organic.
How organics ever acheived the label of being good for the environment is truly a huge scam.

[parsley]

Jay-mo,
I don't really enjoy wading in on this BUT......

Organics often continuous crop for 4-6 years and then switch,.... and seed the land into nitrogen fixating forage of some kind, growing forage until the land is replenished somewhat, and then begin the cycle all over again.

Maybe you'd better stick to conventional farming policy.

Parsley

[Jay-mo]

I guess you didnt like my suggestion of organic farmers buying carbon credits?

[parsley]

A lot of organic continuous crop for say 5 years, disk or cultivate in early fall, and plant to alfalfa/ grass/sainfoin in the spring....and it stays that way for say 5 or so years....

and your point was......

Parsley

[Jay-mo]

The majority of "organic" farming that I see revolves around intensive tillage practices, thats my point.

[parsley]

Maybe you need to get out more.

[Hopperbin]

Sorry Parsley maybe you can organically continuous crop apples or potatoes, but wheat barley flax canola etc I have yet to see.

[parsley]

You need to get out more.