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Landowner programs that pay you back for practices you may already be doing.

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$700M in Regen Pilot funding — CEMA 216 soil health sampling certified (QI)

$1,000+ per acre in fertility tax deductions

45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit for low CI-corn

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Three programs. One partner to handle the hard part.

There's real money on the table for landowners, farmers, and ranchers — through federal programs, tax deductions, and 45Z. The problem isn't the funding. It's the paperwork, the sampling protocols, and the documentation. EarthOptics handles all of it so you can stay focused on your operation


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One platform. Three opportunities.

The same soil data that powers your fertility deduction can support your carbon project. The same sampling visit that satisfies CEMA 216 can build your baseline for future carbon revenue. We design measurement programs to enable optionality, not lock you in.

Landowner Programs Explained

USDA Regenerative Pilot Program

What it is: A $700M carve-out within EQIP and CSP, paying landowners for conservation practices. Applications approved this fall.

Why the sampling is the hard part: The program requires CEMA 216 soil health testing performed by an NRCS Qualified Individual (QI), following a set protocol — fertility, carbon, and wet aggregate stability tests across three management zones, five samples per zone, in years one and five. There's no public directory of qualified individuals, so growers who've been accepted often can't find someone able to do the sampling. EarthOptics is qualified to sample it and certified to test it — a QI in the field, backed by a certified lab.

What we handle:

  • CEMA 216 soil sampling as your NRCS Qualified Individual, years one and five
  • Full lab analysis through our certified lab
  • Compliance documentation formatted to program requirements
  • One point of contact for sampling and reporting

Fertility Tax Deductions

What it is: Multiple sections of the IRS tax code allow producers to deduct certain fertilizer and soil amendment expenses in the year they're applied. With the right agronomic data and documentation, the impact can be substantial.

What customers are seeing:

  • $1,000+ per acre in cropland fertility deductions, $500+ in rangeland and grassland
  • Significant immediate tax savings
  • CPA-ready documentation
  • Backed by our 180-Guarantee

How it works:

  1. Complete TruNutrient sampling with EarthOptics
  2. We securely share your nutrient data with our reporting partner
  3. A turnkey, CPA-ready report is created on your behalf
  4. You provide the report to your CPA for filing

The 180-Guarantee: If your land does not average at least $40 per acre in benefit from the fertility report, we'll refund the full cost of the report. No risk. Significant upside.

45Z Clean Fuel Production Act

What it is: The 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit rewards ethanol made from lower-carbon-intensity corn. That makes the way you farm part of your grain’s value — but only if it can be proven.

Why EarthOptics:

  • We measure and document your soil and practices
  • Only company that provides compaction mapping
  • Nutrient maps are delivered at 100x the resolution of traditional sampling
  • Operations across 4 continents and 45 U.S. states

What we deliver: Data on our EarthOptics dashboard that lets you view, monitor, and provide documentation to ethanol plants.

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We didn't build this infrastructure for routine soil maps.

We built it for programs exactly like these. EarthOptics is an NRCS-qualified individual. Our nationwide dealer network operates under that designation. Our TSP partnerships bring conservation plan drafting right to your operation. And our soil intelligence platform produces the documentation these programs require — at 10x10m resolution, with 90%+ confidence, faster and at lower cost than legacy sampling.

Built for the operations these programs were designed to reach.

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Farmers and Producers

  • Stack programs: TruNutrient sampling can power Section 180 deductions and feed into carbon baselines in a single visit
  • Get paid for conservation practices you may already be planning, through the Regenerative Pilot Program
  • Documentation handled end-to-end, so you stay focused on the crop
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Ranchers and Landowners

  • One soil test can provide documentation for a fertility tax credit and Regen Pilot Programs.
  • Build a documented record of soil intelligence that defends ranchland against development pressure
  • Open new revenue streams without changing how you run your operation

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