New Vision Co-op in Brewster, Minn., announced on Sept. 28 that it has joined the Truterra network, the farmer-owned and farmer-driven food and ag sustainability program launched by Land O’Lakes Inc. in 2016. Truterra was formerly known as Sustain.
New Vision said being part of the Truterra network will allow it to offer local farmers a powerful suite of tools to help them optimize sustainability and profitability. Farmers working with New Vision will now have access to the Truterra Insights Engine, a sustainability tool that allows farmers to generate a stewardship baseline for every field and then predict and measure the impact of implementing specific conservation practices on both the environment and their profitability.
“New Vision is excited to be partnering with Truterra. We feel this partnership will allow our customers the opportunity to take the next step in their on-the-farm sustainability,” said Josh Hilbrands, New Vision Agronomy Department Manager. “Truterra is one of the first to help promote stability and improve crop production while protecting the health of our nation’s soil. I am confident that through this partnership, our producers will use Truterra’s insights and platforms to implement new technologies to help us grow for the future.”
New Vision said it will work with interested farmers to document their current practices and unlock insights about their fields to evaluate and implement conservation practices to better achieve agronomic and economic goals. With Truterra, farmers retain ownership of their data at all times.
“Truterra is excited to have New Vision join our network, expanding our footprint in Minnesota and bringing agronomic insights and industry connections to their farmers, so they can protect and restore their land, and unlock its deeper value,” said Mariah Murphy, Truterra Field Team Leader.
In February 2021, Truterra launched its carbon credit program, a new carbon program that will help farmers generate and sell carbon credits to private sector buyers. For the first offer, participating farmers will receive $20 per ton of carbon, with payments this fall for this first tranche of credits. Qualifying farmers will be compensated for carbon sequestration retroactively up to five years based on the soil health practices they adopted in prior growing seasons.