How much land do you need for Carbon Farming?
The amount of land needed for carbon farming can vary depending on the existing characteristics of the land. It also depends upon the specific carbon farming practices used:
Agroforestry: Agroforestry involves planting trees on agricultural land to provide multiple benefits, including increased carbon sequestration. The amount of land needed for agroforestry will vary depending on the spacing of trees.
Regenerative cropping: Regenerative cropping is a transformative approach to farming that prioritises the restoration of your farm ecosystem. The amount of land needed for regenerative cropping will vary depending on the specific crops used.
Holistic management: Holistic Management is a decision-making process that empowers you, the land steward, to achieve sustainable prosperity. It can include practices such as rotational grazing, which can increase carbon sequestration on pastureland. The amount of land needed for holistic grazing management practices will vary depending on the size of the herd.
Carbon farming practices can generally be implemented on a range of scales, from small-scale farms to large-scale cropping and/or grazing farms.
The more cleared land you have, the greater the opportunity to spread the initial set-up costs over greater land mass and accrue carbon credits across your land.
Carbon Sync works with larger landholders to amortise these initial establishment costs over larger land bases. If you are managing over 250 hectares of cleared land and are interested in soil carbon farming on your property, please get in touch for a free, no-obligation on-farm consultation.