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USDA Releases Carbon Calculator, Offers 45Z Profit Boost.

7/2/2026

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USDA released a Carbon Intensity Calculator that ties practices to the 45Z credit and guidelines for corn, soybeans, sorghum and spring canola.
Iowa farmer Mitchell Hora says a reduction can add ten cents per gallon of ethanol, $40-$100 per acre, and forces growers to share data with ethanol plants using mass-balance.
North Dakota farmer Mike Appert reports his carbon capture adds $1 per bushel of corn for West Coast markets.

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USDA released a Carbon Intensity Calculator that ties practices to the 45Z credit and guidelines for corn, soybeans, sorghum and spring canola.
Iowa farmer Mitchell Hora says a reduction can add ten cents per gallon of ethanol, $40-$100 per acre, and forces growers to share data with ethanol plants using mass-balance.
North Dakota farmer Mike Appert reports his carbon capture adds $1 per bushel of corn for West Coast markets.