About AgIntensity
A note from AgIntensity founder, Ingrid Wadell
Nebraska is farming.
For over 1,000 years, the people of this state have been planting and growing crops.
To keep the future of our state bright, we have to keep the future of Nebraska farmers bright.
Working at one of Nebraska’s largest Ag banks for 17 years, I saw Nebraska farmers face too many challenges and too few opportunities to grow their revenue.
When Section 45Z of the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, I knew I had to take action.
45Z gives tax credits to ethanol plants for reporting carbon intensity scores. With billions on the line, ethanol plants will pay more to elevators that can produce combined carbon intensity scores, and farmers who generate those scores will benefit from this new flow of revenue.
At least, that’s how it should work. If everyone works together, there will be collective leverage to make more money from your corn. But if we wait too long, it will just be forced on our region by big companies passing their compliance costs down to farmers.
I grew up the daughter of a grocer in Stromsburg, NE.
We weren’t farmers, but most of our friends, and nearly all of the grocery store’s customers were. I’ve watched Stromsburg and Ag change my whole life - most of those changes making it harder for our friends and neighbors.
45Z presents an opportunity for farmers to get paid more for the hard work they’re already doing.
For the past four years, I’ve been helping ranchers prove the identity, origin, and treatment of their animals to help them unlock more value. Carbon Intensity Scoring can do the same for farmers with this new tax credit, and it can be done in a way that protects your privacy and data.