1. What is the price per carbon credit? What might a farmer expect to earn per acre?
Carbon by Indigo committed to pay growers $30 per credit for the 2020 and 2021 Carbon Crops, a 100% increase from the program's inception. Since then, Indigo has sold Carbon credits in the $60-80 range, and we expect that price to continue to climb. Growers receive 75% of the average selling price of the credit generated in a carbon crop year.
2. Is a farmer only eligible to receive payment for whole carbon credits (e.g. 2 or 3 credits vs. 2.5 credits)?
Farmers are paid for performance and may earn fractional credits for the sequestration or avoidance of part of a metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent.
3. How recently can I have made a practice change and still be eligible for payment?
You can have made an Indigo-approved practice change, such as reducing tillage or planting cover crops, in the cultivation year prior to signing a Carbon by Indigo contract.
4. Is there a vesting schedule? What are the breakdowns of payments?
Payments are subject to a five-year vesting schedule with payments for credits generated in a given period as follows:
50% paid to a farmer within thirty days after a carbon credit is issued to Indigo and sold to a third-party buyer.
20% will be paid in year two, followed by 10% each year for years three through five.
5. When can I expect my first payment?
To generate verified credits, we will need a full season’s information (including harvest) to begin quantifying the carbon sequestered and greenhouse gases avoided during the entire previous growing season. For growers enrolling now with qualifying practice-changing fields, you will need to final file your fields by the final filing deadline to receive your "Year 1" payment following credit issuance.
Payment year examples:
2022 Carbon Crop: File your fields by the 2023 filing deadline and receive payment in early 2024
2023 Carbon Crop: File your fields by the 2024 filing deadline and receive payment in early 2025
2024 Carbon Crop: File your fields by the 2025 filing deadline and receive payment in early 2026