A pair of legal experts is urging farmers to be thorough when looking at carbon sequestration contracts.

University of Nebraska Ag Law Specialist Dave Aiken tells Brownfield farmers need to understand management obligations, like planting cover crops or reduced tillage, before signing a contract…

“The contract will also deal with, how will the amount of carbon stored in the ground actually be verified,” he said. “Because that’s what is being sold on the marketplace, the carbon being stored or sequestered in the soil.”

Aiken says farmers should avoid red flags like being pressured to sign a contract, having no contract, and having to put money out for a contract.

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