Tennessee’s AgriCapture has announced that its Rice Methane Reduction Project has received an A rating from BeZero Carbon, placing it among the top 10% of over 500 global carbon projects assessed by the agency.
This rating makes it the highest-ranked rice methane project in the world and the top-rated U.S. agriculture initiative in BeZero’s system.
The project is also the largest rice methane reduction effort in U.S. history, covering 926 fields across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.
Participating farmers adopt sustainable irrigation techniques like Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) or furrow irrigation, which can reduce methane emissions by up to 70% and save roughly 300,000 gallons of water per carbon credit.
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So far, the project has reduced over 70,000 metric tons of emissions and conserved 21 billion gallons of water, according to AgriCapture.
All credits are verified by the Climate Action Reserve using detailed field-level data and monitoring.
Notably, this is the first and only row crop agriculture initiative to earn an A rating from BeZero, thus becoming also the highest-ranked project under the U.S. Soil Enrichment Protocol.
This top rating by an independent credit ratings agency affirms the strong environmental value of AgriCapture’s credits in terms of impact and integrity.
AgriCapture supports farmers in adopting sustainable practices while accessing premium markets and environmental incentives.
The company provides end-to-end monitoring and verification, aiming to make regenerative farming both profitable and impactful.
Customers can now contact AgriCapture and purchase carbon credits generated through the U.S. Rice Methane Reduction Project.
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