Carbon sequestration is the practice of storing or isolating carbon in soil
or other organic matter such as trees and grasses to help reduce the amount
of CO2 in the atmosphere. Changes in agricultural
cropping and management practices, including reduced and no-tillage, can enhance
carbon storage in soils. Utilities that presently
burn coal to generate electricity are willing to pay farmers to sequester
carbon dioxide in their cropland through improved practices such as less disking
and plowing. In this manner, the utilities can offset their own CO2
emissions without having to pay for expensive air-emission controls or reduction
strategies.The level of emission credit earned by the farmer and the amount
of money paid will depend upon the type of practice used to sequester carbon
and the amount of time agree to participation in the program.
Changes in agricultural
cropping and management practices, including reduced and no-tillage, can enhance
carbon storage in soils. 
Utilities that presently
burn coal to generate electricity are willing to pay farmers to sequester
carbon dioxide in their cropland through improved practices such as less disking
and plowing. In this manner, the utilities can offset their own CO2
emissions without having to pay for expensive air-emission controls or reduction
strategies.The level of emission credit earned by the farmer and the amount
of money paid will depend upon the type of practice used to sequester carbon
and the amount of time agree to participation in the program.