An economist says farmers are facing some barriers to realizing the potential of carbon markets.  

Shelby Myers is with American Farm Bureau.  

“These assets have to be verified and so in order to do that it’s going to come at a cost whether that’s the quantification cost, for example, of a $12 soil sample per every 30 acres of field you’re working in or is that 5 soil samples per 30 acres of field you’re working in,” she says.

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