Indigo Ag: Market+ Source

Indigo’s Market+ Source program pays farmers a premium for producing crops with practices that reduce on-farm emissions and conserve natural resources, while generating new revenue for the agribusinesses who procure and process those crops.

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Farm Eligibility

Start Date

2019

Geography

AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MN, MS, NC, ND, NE, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX

Eligible Practices

  • Cover Crops

  • Nutrient Management
  • Reduced- or No-Till

Additionality Requirement

None

Money Matters

Payment Schedule

Paid following grain delivery and data collection.

Price

Premium price per unit of commodity (e.g., bushel), depending on specific buyer. The potential price premium varies by program and by tier, and will be shared before growers choose to enroll. Previous programs have seen farmers earn $15 to $30 more an acre.

Stackability (With goverment programs and other markets)

The field(s) a farmer enrolls in a sustainable crop program must not be enrolled under another carbon or ecosystem benefits monetization program for that season.

Carbon Related Incentive

Inset

Contracting Info

Contract Length

Single season

Data Collected at Enrollment

Basic farmer information, field boundaries, and commitment to using specific farming practices (pre-existing practice adoption okay).

Enrollment Assistance

Enrollment is performed through a partner, with help from Indigo as needed, and personalized support is available to assist growers.

Agronomic/Technical Assistance

Digital agronomic and profitability decision tools, agronomic support for practice change decisions and customer support for the software and program. Also offer free sustainable farming learning resources learning resources through video and content, including Carbon College. Additional agronomic assistance is available through partners, depending on how the farmer has enrolled.

Technical Info

Lead Organization

Indigo Ag, with revenue coming from specific consumer goods companies and agribusinesses.

Outcome Estimation

Indigo sustainability programs are powered by a proprietary measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) engine, which allows the company to measure and quantify outcomes across millions of geographic, crop, input, and agronomic practice combinations

Verification

Info not provided.

Penalty for Temporary Break in Practice Implementation

Market+ Source programs are single-year, focused on a specific crop. If an agreed upon practice is not used to grow that crop, the grower does not make the agreed upon premium.

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Funded by the Illinois Soybean Association Checkoff Program.

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