MISSION & OVERVIEW
Low Carbon Intensity Crops (LCIC) will be an integrated service from BASF and Anew Climate committed to helping maximize the benefits for farmers, retail agronomists and biorefineries. Our shared mission is to make low-CI grain valuable and achievable for all parties across the biofuel value chain.
THE RIGHT LOW-CI GRAIN SOLUTION FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Understanding stewardship and carbon incentive programs in agriculture can be daunting, especially for farmers who immediately write it off to the tune of “more risk, more work.” LCIC challenges that, setting out to help eliminate common low-CI program roadblocks while making it easier to reap maximum potential benefits.
HOW IT WORKS
Farmers work with retail agronomists to track and calculate low-CI efforts for a potential premium price from biorefineries who purchase grain for low-CI fuels.
Retail Agronomists facilitate data capture with xarvio® FIELD MANAGER from BASF to alleviate burden of data collection on farmers.
Ethanol producers utilize the BASF plant-centric tool xarvio Bioenergy for reporting and verifying CI. They receive verifiable data to monetize low-CI feedstocks and maximize the amount of low-carbon fuel produced and associated tax credits.
WHY IT WORKS
LCIC is the on-farm carbon intensity measuring and service solution to the low-CI puzzle. It helps alleviate the burden and risk of sustainable farming changes for farmers and allows biorefineries to focus on low-carbon fuel production, farmer incentivization, and reaping the potential tax credit rewards. This creates the conditions for a true win-win, incentivizing participation from all side.
A MATCH MADE FOR GREATER SUSTAINABILITY & POTENTIAL PROFITBABILITY
Sustainable farming requires solutions that not only improve the land, but also help to increase yield potential and prioritize business success across the value chain. In other words, integrated solutions like LCIC.
Digital farm management built for the retail agronomist with industry-leading disease and pest prediction tools. Now with the ability to measure and track CI for participating agronomists and farmers. It not only aids farmers in calculating CI, but also offers record-keeping and in-season insights to help inform decisions around high-yielding low-CI corn.
Plant-centric tool from BASF for reporting and verifying CI, helping ethanol producers monetize low-CI feedstocks to maximize low-carbon fuel produced and associated potential tax credits.
Carbon market experts with experience managing regenerative ag programs and unlocking Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathways. They offer measuring, reporting and third-party verification according to the highest industry standards.