Wisconsin farmers are `carbon curious,` but few participate in offset programs

Even as momentum builds around carbon credit markets, few farmers in Wisconsin are participating, industry leaders say. 

Will Fulwider is the regional crops educator with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Dane and Dodge counties. He said there`s a larger pool of people interested, but many farmers are unsure if this is the best time to sign up...

...Nationally, agriculture is the source of roughly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Through carbon credit offset programs, farmers can engage in practices like planting cover crops or reducing tillage to help store carbon in the soil. Companies can buy that extra stored carbon to offset their pollution, or to be net-zero in their emissions...