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About the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund

The Soil and Water Outcomes Fund provides financial incentives directly to farmers who begin or expand on-farm conservation practices that yield positive environmental outcomes such as carbon sequestration, emission reductions and water quality improvement. We provide new market opportunities and revenue streams for farmers through partnerships with public and private organizations.

We utilize an outcomes-based approach to reduce risk and increase cost efficiency for our partners and stack together multiple environmental outcomes from agricultural practices to deliver substantial per-acre payments to farmers.

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Key Differentiators

Beyond Cost Share

We provide payments to farmers and landowners that go well beyond the scale of existing public or private incentive programs.

Farmer Focused

SWOF is governed by a board of farmers, and we don’t sell a product, input or service that farmers don’t need, can’t pay for or isn’t proven.

Stacking Benefits

We leverage ecosystem markets to create significant farmer value by combining multiple environmental outcomes into a single transaction.

Our Impact

   1.4M   

metric tons of greenhouse gasses sequestered

 13.3M 

lbs. of Nitrogen prevented from leaving enrolled fields

   888K   

lbs. of Phosphorus prevented from leaving enrolled fields

 $55M+ 

in payments made to farmers since 2020

  1.7M 

acres enrolled since 2020

 21 STATES 

impacted by our work

  • “By changing to a rye cover crop and implementing more minimum till, we’ve cut down from three tractors in the spring to one. I recommend looking into SWOF because it’s beneficial to your farm, not only financially to help you implement it, but it can save your crops.”

    — John Sorenson, Minnesota

  • “I’m making fewer herbicide passes with the cover crops, and I’ve seen improved water infiltration and reduced nutrient loss from those covers combined with reduced tillage. Based on what we’ve seen after only a few years, we are committed to continuing and expanding this work.”

    — Jake Stricklin, Illinois

  • "We don’t have to work the fields as much, and it’s getting less every year. We didn’t do fertilizer in the fall, so you are saving on the input expense itself, and also on the fuel and labor. These changes have been beneficial in multiple ways that affect our bottom line.”

    — Jeremy Chandler, Minnesota

  • “Our return on investment has gone up. We’re saving on our fuel and labor, and the depreciation of our equipment, less wear and tear. Our five-year average yield has been just insane compared to what it used to be.”

    — Quinn Trewartha, Illinois