Understanding Carbon Farming

In this video, I'll show you some information about Carbon Farming and how it can reduce agriculture's impact on the environment.

[Carawaycattleco]

I’m a 4th generation farmer from Alabama.. myself and most other farmers in my area already use most all the practices mentioned to increase carbon sequestration.. (no till, cover crops, crop rotation etc. It seems to me we are already generating millions of carbon credits that are unaccounted for and obviously unpaid... Naturally we love the idea of being paid for what we have already been doing for years. However simple supply and demand tells me that if all the credits we are generating suddenly become measured and available on the market then supply of carbon credits would drastically out weigh the demand... therefore driving the dollar value of credits way down... good for the environment, great for big business that need to buy credits in order to continue polluting... bad for the farmers bottom line... please let me know if I’m wrong about this

[robertreznik]

I put feed lot manure on my land. I have put this over 50 years...many acres I have added over 100 tons of carbon per acre. This land has produced 10, 000 bu of corn and 1, 000 bu of wheat and sometimes soybeans on each acre. The residue left behind is massive. The SOM started at 1.8% then a max of 3% in the top 12 inches. One 485 acre circle I stopped applying manure 25 years ago and now SOM is down to 2.2% There is an equilibrium. We are farming on the southern great plains a silty clay loam that has a natural carbon %. Lots of people fudge the amount of carbon increase by just testing the top few inches.

[ToniDJohns]

Simply returning back to ancient and pioneer farming practices before market-to-market stock trading driven starting early 1900's

[janegregware]

Are greenhouse gases produced by composting?

[ournewseason]

Great overview of Carbon and how farming fits into the equation.

[limathecat]

Nice vid. Only was wondering where the numbers came from.. can you share that?

[gsmscrazycanuck]

Do a video on how to grow healthy crops to reduce or illuminate the need for inputs. That would be a great start.

[flowers]

hi I was wondering how do pesticides affect carbon sequestration

[faithboudreau]

Family farms in Maine already doing this. And have been doing so for decades.

[bradorr]

I am a no till farmer and I think it’s the way of the future, although it’s gonna take time to help the other farmers see the way we do make more money and no till farming then versus chilling but it’s just takes time to move towards that no till system

[kerrygawalt]

Thanks for the video--lots of useful factoids. The sum total of the carbon contributed to soil through photosynthesis is much greater than the parts of the plant. A vegetative plant secretes 30 to 70% of the carbon sugars it manufactures in the form of exudates from its roots to feed soil mycelium and bacteria in exchange for minerals and nutrients. Check out the work of Australian soil microbiologist, Dr Christine Jones. BTW carbon farming 275 acres in Vermont.

[TheLowLandGardener]

Problem is compost manufacturers use fuels in their operations. Are they reducing enough carbon than what they emit?

[abrahammedapati]

This is a great video, thanks, Farm Traveler!

[houseof]

Hi I own 600 acres of land how can I sell my carbon credits?

[JA-zjft]

Wait 2 tons on 1 acre. I got 2.5 acres I can actually make a relitivley significant difference

[SneakySteevy]

*1 question*

*_Why did scientists and media outlets frequently discuss the possibility of an ice age between the 1950s and 2000s, despite the Earth experiencing a consistent warming trend for the past 120 years?_*

[infiniteadam]

Seems like there is a lot of scientific support around adding biochar to soil for carbon capture. I wonder how that is measured...

[anthonyedwards]

A good intro to Carbon in soil.
There are about 2 sorts of carbon. How much is there of each in your soil?:-
1) LABILE CARBON:- which rots and decomposes, and within months, releases Carbon dioxide and other Green House Causing gases. This is worse than useless for reducing the Climate Crisis. This is what happens to compost, providing high "Carbon" in the soil. Which the farmers like because it provides nutrients for plants, working with bacteria and fungi etc.
2) INERT CARBON:- like charcoal after fields are burnt. This can last thousands of years. This can reduce Climate Change. Farmers do not see much value in this. But it does help reduce Global Warming, because it has sequestered or stored Carbon Dioxide in the soil for a long time.

[donhall]

So corn takes three times more carbon out of the air than a natural Forest am I right

[josephking]

Thought this was a video about carbon farming