By Autumn Demberger
Publication Date: 2026-09-30 12:51:00
By Editor, Global AgInvesting Media
Agoro Carbon has issued its first soil carbon credits generated from cropland and pastureland projects across the United States. This issuance marks the initial delivery under a 12-year contract with Microsoft to provide 2.6 million carbon removal credits, an agreement reached in June 2025 after Agoro Carbon completed Microsoft’s carbon-removal due diligence assessment.
The delivery serves as an early operational proof of concept for large-scale nature-based off-take agreements, demonstrating how multi-year corporate climate commitments can translate into verified physical removals.
The credits reflect carbon sequestered during the 2021 and 2022 vintage years. Both project areas—VCS 3634 for cropland and VCS 3656 for pastureland—were registered and verified through Verra using version 2 of the VM0042 Improved Agricultural Land Management methodology.
Agoro Carbon CEO Elliot Formal noted that the projects are designed to…
