Agriculture is poised at a period of enormous transformation that could generate new markets and new values
that many of us never envisioned.

Current estimates of U.S. Greenhouse Gas markets indicate that U.S. farms have the potential to mitigate as much as 40% of our nation's total climate impact with practices such as soil carbon sequestration or methane capture.

What does this mean? It could mean dollars for farmers - and environmental dividends. Under cap-and-trade legislation before the Congress, U.S. agricultural producers could tap billions annually in offset markets and allowance income. However, these new markets are not assured. Some oppose development of robust agricultural offset markets.