Name: Transforming the Future of Ag with Crop Modeling
Start: 2021-07-15T18:00:00Z
End: 2021-07-15T18:01:03.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.5

Discover how big data, deep science and breakthrough technology come together to help regenerate the land, capture carbon and create a marketplace that rewards farmers. Topics such as modern, ag-based carbon credits, farmer direct carbon marketplaces, science-based land insights, big data, computer vision, remote sensing, modeling and simulation are all covered. Engage with CIBO at cibotechnologies.com to learn more.

Tracking agriculture crop growth is important to many organizations. Each year, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service publishes the Cropland Data Layer (CDL) which is used to estimate the amount of major commodities grown throughout the US. What if this data could be accessed faster and more precisely? That’s where CIBO comes in. CIBO has combined our computer vision and AI capabilities with an innovative machine learning approach to create new, sought-after data sets, including cropland cover, for enterprises, NGOs and governments across the market.

Scaling Annual Crop Tracking Across the US

Remote sensing measures crop growth throughout the year so that the growers can analyze conditions based on the data and take action that will have a positive influence on the harvest outcome. But what exactly is remote sensing? The CIBO team will share an overview of remote sensing, ways to use the data and how remote sensing data can be used for decision-making among the agriculture and food security communities.

We’ll cover: 
-Remote sensing 101 
-Where remote sensing data comes from and how to use it 
-Updates to CIBO’s remote sensing capabilities

AI in Agriculture: How Computer Vision is Scaling Sustainability

In mid-2023, Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) and SBTi were hard at work and introduced significant changes to GHG accounting and reporting standards in the land sector. Some of these changes will be quite significant compared to existing carbon accounting practices in our industry. Such as new emissions source requirements, removals modeling and supply sheds and interventions

The challenges of creating and meeting the proposed standards are sizable. However, the opportunities are equally great. Join our webinar to find out what successful implementation will mean for companies to invest in their supply chains to incentivize and account for farming practices to be adopted over the long term to increase soil health, reduce emissions, and remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Key Takeaways : 
-Understanding how the main voluntary standards bodies are addressing the question of how to measure and report emissions and reductions for companies in the ag value chain
-How two of the most important standards bodies are approaching greenhouse gas accounting and target setting
-The largest proposed changes to carbon accounting that may alter companies’ current approach and should be monitored closely by organizations with net-zero targets

Navigating the Changing Scope 3 Landscape

How can we incent farmers to broadly engage in sustainable and regenerative practices? Join us for a discussion on what it takes to create meaningful and lasting engagement with growers. We will address many topics, including different types of carbon programs, incentive levels, commitment length, carbon upside sharing, agronomic support, stacking incentives, and providing transparency and optionality.

This discussion includes growers and leaders in the food and ag value chain that are sponsoring farmer-facing sustainability programs.

Getting Farmers Engaged in Carbon and Other Sustainability Programs

CIBO is leading the way in proving how soil organic carbon and carbon credit modeling can deliver sustainability tracking at scale and in a new way. Proving confidence in modeled results, over and above experimentally determined results, is vital to engender trust in carbon credits and close the loop on incentivizing and funding carbon sequestrating and carbon credit creating farming practices. 

This webinar gives you access to our science and modeling team to learn how CIBO delivers confidence and accuracy at scale for US carbon and climate programs. From supply sheds to scope 3 reporting, from regenerative practice programs to reliably sourcing low carbon feedstocks for biofuels and consumer goods, learn how CIBO is accelerating the pace of confident calculations at scale. 

We’ll cover:
-What is the VERRA registry and why is it important for CIBO’s model to have a third-party model verification
-The process the CIBO Science team undertook for the model bias and validation program
-The model validation results and what it means for you.

The Importance of Confidence in Carbon Modeling

Companies across the country are setting goals towards reducing their carbon footprint or becoming net zero. A key way to meet that commitment is to work with farmers, suppliers and communities to source inputs in ways that protect ecosystems, reduce emissions and enhance livelihoods. CIBO helps organizations offset their agricultural carbon footprint by helping incentivize their growers to do regenerative agriculture practices. Join our webinar to understand the benefits for both enterprises and growers. 

We’ll cover: 
-Why organizations are interested in offsetting their carbon footprint / scope 3 emissions 
-How growers in your network benefit from this opportunity 
-Ways to set your scope, requirements, and contracts

Developing Programs for Your Grower

When a company is evaluating their carbon footprint, it’s essential to have a holistic approach to understanding an operation. Reducing emissions in the supply shed requires organizations to have fast, reliable intelligence at scale. The Supply Shed Analysis feature of CIBO Impact equips users with a rapid understanding of regenerative practice adoption and emissions in a defined geographical area. Join our webinar to understand the carbon footprint, carbon intensity and potential effect of new-practice adoption. 

We’ll cover: 
-Why are organizations interested in offsetting their carbon footprint / scope 3 emissions 
-How does CIBO’s Supply Shed function pull all the pieces of carbon confidence together
-What are the features and benefits of understanding a supply shed 
-Walk through demo of CIBO’s Supply Shed function

How to Use CIBO Impact to Track GHG Emissions Reduction Across Your Supply Shed

Sourcing low-carbon commodities is increasingly becoming a priority for companies. Reducing the carbon intensity in the field helps bring down the overall supply chain emissions right from the start of production. Join our webinar to learn more about carbon intensity and how CIBO helps organizations identify and source low-carbon commodities from growers using regenerative farming practices. 

We’ll cover: 
-What carbon intensity is and how it impacts agriculture products
-Why carbon intensity is a key component of confidence around carbon emission reduction 
-Key features and benefits of understanding the carbon intensity 
-Walk through a demo of CIBO’s carbon intensity function

Visualizing Carbon Intensity in CIBO Impact

The USDA recently announced the investment of $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. It’s a big step forward in funding and tracking greenhouse gas emissions throughout agriculture supply chains. However, many award winners may be asking, “How is my company going to track the sustainability goals we’ve committed to?” Join our webinar to understand the USDA program and how to report on USDA-funded sustainability commitments. 

We’ll cover:
-Unlocking the USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Grant program: Why the initiative is important and what are its goals  
-Why companies joined in the pledge to reduce their carbon footprints 
-Steps companies need to take to report on their sustainability commitments

Speaker
-Adam Tarr, Director at Invariant

Scaling USDA Grower-facing Sustainability Initiatives

Organizations are pledging to reduce their Scope 3 emissions generated throughout their supply chains. That is a big step since according to McKinsey, Scope 3 accounts for 80 percent of most organization’s overall climate impact. Making a pledge in the boardroom is one thing. Delivering and creating a carbon neutral supply chain is another. Join our webinar to hear from Truist about how to get started on your sustainability commitments. 

We’ll cover
-Key sustainability supply chain pledges, terminology and descriptions 
-Steps organizations can take to ensure carbon neutrality and how to measure progress
-How regenerative agriculture can help with supply chain sustainability
-New C-Suite realities for delivering on sustainability goals

Guest Speakers: 
-Julie Bennett Bunuan, Head of ESG Advisory and Intra Industry Investment Banking at Truist
-Kristin Watkins, Director, ESG Advisory and Intra Industry Investment Banking at Truist

How to Think about Carbon in Your Supply Chain

Organizations, consumers, and investors are increasingly scrutinizing sustainability programs and looking for companies to rise to the challenge of reducing their impact on the environment. To become more sustainable, companies should start by understanding their current situation and start monitoring carbon emissions.

What are the three scopes and why should your organization care about them? The three scopes help companies to lay a firm foundation for carbon reduction strategies, with the associated financial savings. Companies can achieve sustainable reductions both within their operations and across global value chains, identifying key areas that generate the biggest GHGs. Join our webinar for a deep dive into Scope 3 emission reduction. 

We’ll cover:
-Understand how scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3 greenhouse emissions can impact a business
-Discover how monitoring and reporting on Scope 3 emission can help reduce the impact of climate change
-Ways to build carbon insetting and carbon offsetting into a supply chain

Understanding and Reporting on Scope 3 Commitments

Government and non-profit organizations across the globe are looking to organizations to take tangible climate action and develop sustainable products. But where do you start and what are the steps to get accredited? Join CIBO along with Scott Settelmyer, Co-founder and Managing Director of TerraCarbon, and Dan Kane, Senior Manager of Agriculture at TerraCarbon to walk through how to develop carbon offset projects that create nature-based climate solutions. 

We’ll cover
-Why it’s important for companies to work toward nature-based climate solutions
-Different types of protocols and certifications companies can acquire 
-How to go through the certification process

Creating Carbon Offset Projects for Nature-based Climate Solutions

Agriculture events bring together international agribusiness entrepreneurs, investors and technology pioneers to exchange insights, be inspired, and identify future partners. These events provide the opportunity for many attendees to learn about the cutting edge issues. Join CIBO and Rethink events to learn about what is trending today. 

We’ll cover:
-How large scale agriculture events drive innovation 
-The leading trends and topics around the world in agriculture 
-What key terms and technologies agriculture players should be watching

Uncovering Leading Trends Emerging from Agricultural Events

The renewable fuels and ethanol industries have established aggressive and voluntary targets for reduced carbon intensity in biofuels production. To achieve a 70% discount to gasoline by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050, it is imperative that on-farm activities be considered in carbon intensity scoring. Join our webinar to hear how CIBO is helping ethanol producers on their journey to net-zero carbon emissions by scaling regenerative agriculture into their supply chains from CIBO VP of Business Development Michael Browne. 

We’ll cover
-Why the ethanol industry is looking to go net-zero emissions  
-Why carbon intensity is important to low carbon feedstocks 
-How to identify and source low-carbon corn from growers using regenerative farming practices

How the Ethanol Industry is Accelerating Toward Net Zero Carbon

Regenerative farming provides many benefits, including increased crop yields and helping combat climate change. However, many growers are hitting barriers when they scale regenerative agriculture practices across their operations. Join our webinar to hear how CIBO and Leading Harvest are helping farmers scale regenerative agriculture to capture carbon in the soil and increase their bottom lines while improving the environment.

We’ll cover:
-Benefits to growers for starting regenerative farming
-Why regenerative agriculture is vital to help mitigate climate change
-How certifications and technology is helping scale the adoption of regenerative agriculture

How Certifications & Technology are Scaling the Adoption of Regenerative Ag

CIBO Grower helps farmers and their trusted advisors easily navigate and participate in the evolving landscape of incentive programs such as carbon credit markets, Scope 3 emissions reduction, and premiums for regenerative and low-carbon grains.

Join our webinar to hear how CIBO Grower empowers farmers to quickly determine eligibility and understand the potential return of different incentives. CIBO Grower also enables rapid development and delivery of new programs by leveraging CIBO’s Program Engine, a proprietary software service built to deliver and manage programs from qualification through enrollment. The application is available for use by CIBO’s enterprise partners to power their programs. 

We’ll cover: 
-Navigating incentives programs to find the best opportunities for grower operations with minimal commitment
-Understand eligibility of land and operations for incentive programs sponsored by CIBO, Enterprise Partners, and government agencies
-How enterprises can leverage CIBO’s MVR for practice verification, incentive management, carbon credit quantification

How CIBO Helps Growers and Businesses Navigate Regenerative Ag Incentives

Over the past few years, alternative proteins have expanded from a niche market to an in-demand food item, available not just in grocery stores but also at many fast-food restaurants around the US. Meat-eating consumers are increasingly motivated to swap animal products for plant-based proteins for health, taste and to help the environment. Join our webinar to go behind the scenes of this new product offering and find out why it’s gaining in popularity with Zak Weston, Foodservice & Supply Chain Manager, Good Food Institute. 

We’ll cover: 
-Plant-based protein 101 - what is it, how it’s made and how its developed
-How consumer interest in the environment and sustainability is changing tastes 
-How regenerative agriculture can help accelerate plant-based proteins

How Consumer Tastes are Driving the Adoption of Plant-Based Proteins

Remote sensing measures crop growth throughout the year so that the growers can analyze conditions based on the data and take action that will have a positive influence on the harvest outcome. But what exactly is remote sensing? The CIBO team will share an overview of remote sensing, ways to use the data and how remote sensing data can be used for decision-making among the agriculture and food security communities.

We’ll cover: 
-Remote sensing 101 
-Where remote sensing data comes from 
-How to analyze and use remote sensing data

How Remote Sensing Powers Agriculture

Making organizations more sustainable is a key priority in 2021. However, where can organizations and growers start? CIBO takes it back to the basics with our crop modeling team sharing insights into how they uncover sustainable information for any supply chain. We’ll explore how crop models drive the regenerative agriculture insights you can find in our application and how these can add value to your business.

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