West Union, IOWA FLOLO Farm 52175 | I’ll be the first to admit,I was skeptical when the first round Carbon exchange stuff started....
I was sorta excited when this round of carbon markets was brought up....but have veered back to the skeptical,cause measuring carbon seems to be a moving target? And...these companies are having a hard time holding up there promises. Now with .gov potentially getting involved....I’m thinking “oh crap....when has government involvement been a good thing?”
with that on the table, I’ll say the issue I have with the study cited.....they used alfalfa,
yes it’s deep rooted
yes it works In the rotation
but it’s also a legume.... producing nitrogen
If I understand it right....it all comes down to c:n ratio
the more nitrogen you have present the more carbon you will burn?
It would be interesting if they ran the study with a deep rooted non legume? But that me.... |