Individual Farm · Central Iowa

Heartland Family Farm

1,200 acres in central Iowa. Cover crops + no-till for over five years. First Terrabit verification: 2022.

Verification Results

3-year verification data

2.1% Baseline SOC (2022)
2.8% Post-3yr SOC (2025)
340 tCO₂e Net sequestration / year
1,020 tCO₂e 3-year credit package
$18–31K Credit value range at $18–30/tonne
±0.3% SOC measurement precision

Results reflect 3 years of cover crop and no-till practice. SOC values are depth-weighted averages for 0–60cm. Credit values are illustrative based on current market range and do not represent guaranteed revenue.

HEARTLAND SOC DEPTH PROFILE 0–30cm 30–60cm 60–90cm 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 2.1% 2.8% 1.6% 2.0% 0.8% 0.9% 2022 Baseline 2025 Post-Regeneration
Farm Operator

"We've been no-till for five years and always believed we were building carbon, but we never had numbers to show for it. Terrabit gave us real data — depth profiles, methodology documentation, everything a buyer needs. The enrollment process was simpler than doing a farm loan."

— Farm operator, Heartland Family Farm, Story County, Iowa
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Methodology notes

Registry

Verra VCS — VM0042 compatible methodology. Credits issued to grower's Verra registry account.

Sampling density

1 composite sample per 38 acres, 3 soil mapping units covered. 32 sample locations total per campaign.

Permanence buffer

7% buffer deduction applied to gross sequestration per VCS AFOLU buffer pool requirements. Net credits reflect this deduction.