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Soil-carbon pilot pays Prairie Junction farmers for cover crops

Forty farms will get a fixed payment per acre for three years of winter cover.

Soil-carbon pilot pays Prairie Junction farmers for cover crops
Photo: Illustration: Furrowline Farm (synthetic)

The fictional pilot is run by a regional food company and a local farm group.

Farms send photos and simple field records; soil samples are taken in year one and year three.

Organisers say the payment does not depend on carbon prices.

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