Dogwood Carbon Solutions

Project Profile

Joe Heckemeyer, a diversified family farmer from Southeast Missouri, planted 430 acres of Delta Loblolly pine and 170 acres of mixed hardwoods on former cropland through the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program in 1990. He recently signed a contract to broker his carbon sequestration credits through Dogwood Carbon Solutions. Based on the age, species, and region of the trees Joe will earn an additional $30 an acre for pines and $15 an acre for hardwoods per year at the current price of carbon.