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Making digital soil measurement simple

Making digital soil measurement simple

Explore practical guidance, platform tours, and soil intelligence from the Downforce team.

Explore practical guidance, platform tours, and soil intelligence from the Downforce team.

Getting Started

Frequently Asked Questions

Reading the Data

Using the Tools

Soil

Carbon Projects and Markets

Best Practices and Farm Management

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Getting Started

Adding Users

Adding Users

Take a quick tour to be guided through how to add users to your account.

Take a quick tour to be guided through how to add users to your account.

Carbon Projects and Markets

Carbon Projects 101: Key terms, considerations and requirements

Carbon Projects 101: Key terms, considerations and requirements

An easy-to-understand introduction to carbon projects, explaining their basic concepts, benefits, and how they contribute to climate change mitigation in agriculture and land management.

An easy-to-understand introduction to carbon projects, explaining their basic concepts, benefits, and how they contribute to climate change mitigation in agriculture and land management.

Frequently Asked Questions

Data and Downforce’s Assessment Methodology

Data and Downforce’s Assessment Methodology

What data sources does Downforce use and how reliable are they?

What data sources does Downforce use and how reliable are they?

Carbon Projects and Markets

Downforce Natural Capital Programme

Downforce Natural Capital Programme

The Downforce Natural Capital (DNC) Programme is aimed at fostering natural capital improvements and restoration that lead to greenhouse gas (GHG) removals and emissions reductions, biodiversity net gain and increased ecosystem resilience.

The Downforce Natural Capital (DNC) Programme is aimed at fostering natural capital improvements and restoration that lead to greenhouse gas (GHG) removals and emissions reductions, biodiversity net gain and increased ecosystem resilience.

Using the Tools

Land Management Analysis: A Guide

Land Management Analysis: A Guide

Land Management Analysis (LMA) is Downforce's advanced soil health analytics platform that helps you understand how your farming decisions impact soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. By combining your cropping data with Downforce's proprietary soil carbon measurements, LMA reveals which crops, rotations, fields, an

Land Management Analysis (LMA) is Downforce's advanced soil health analytics platform that helps you understand how your farming decisions impact soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. By combining your cropping data with Downforce's proprietary soil carbon measurements, LMA reveals which crops, rotations, fields, an

Carbon Projects and Markets

Making sense of TCFD and TNFD

Making sense of TCFD and TNFD

With climate reporting now mandatory under the Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the recent launch of a reporting framework for nature, the Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). Now is the time for companies to get serious about the evolution of their annual reporting re

With climate reporting now mandatory under the Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the recent launch of a reporting framework for nature, the Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). Now is the time for companies to get serious about the evolution of their annual reporting re

Best Practices and Farm Management

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – In Field Vegetables

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – In Field Vegetables

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

Best Practices and Farm Management

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – In Rotations with Root Crops and Maize

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – In Rotations with Root Crops and Maize

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

Best Practices and Farm Management

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – On Mixed Farms

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – On Mixed Farms

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

Best Practices and Farm Management

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – On Upland Livestock Farms

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – On Upland Livestock Farms

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

Best Practices and Farm Management

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – In Combinable Cropping

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – In Combinable Cropping

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

Best Practices and Farm Management

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – On Lowland Livestock Farms

Managing Soils for a Sustainable Future – On Lowland Livestock Farms

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

This information is from The Soil Health Initiative. The Soil Health Initiative aims to bring together the wealth of understanding of soil health and management to help farmers improve their soil health and thus productive farming alongside environmental benefit.

Using the Tools

Method for Calculating SOC Change in Land Management Analysis

Method for Calculating SOC Change in Land Management Analysis

Downforce's Land Management Analysis (LMA) tool shows you how your farming practices are building (or losing) soil carbon. Whether you want to see results for a single field, multiple fields, or compare different farming methods, LMA gives you clear before-and-after measurements.

Downforce's Land Management Analysis (LMA) tool shows you how your farming practices are building (or losing) soil carbon. Whether you want to see results for a single field, multiple fields, or compare different farming methods, LMA gives you clear before-and-after measurements.

Best Practices and Farm Management

Other resources

Other resources

Environment Agency: Pollution Prevention Rules for Farmers

Environment Agency: Pollution Prevention Rules for Farmers

Using the Tools

Project Planning: How to Guide

Project Planning: How to Guide

Downforce Technologies' Project Planner helps you identify the optimal areas on your property for strategic agricultural initiatives. Whether you're planning regenerative agriculture programs, piloting new products like biostimulants, or setting up verified carbon projects, this tool analyzes long-term carbon potential

Downforce Technologies' Project Planner helps you identify the optimal areas on your property for strategic agricultural initiatives. Whether you're planning regenerative agriculture programs, piloting new products like biostimulants, or setting up verified carbon projects, this tool analyzes long-term carbon potential

Reading the Data

Soil & Climatology: Soil Organic Carbon

Soil & Climatology: Soil Organic Carbon

Take a tour through the Soil & Climatology screens in your account. You'll be given tips on how to interact with the data, as well as some of the science behind what you're seeing.

Take a tour through the Soil & Climatology screens in your account. You'll be given tips on how to interact with the data, as well as some of the science behind what you're seeing.

Soil

“Soil is the Secret Ingredient”

“Soil is the Secret Ingredient”

Downforce Technologies is committed to providing up to date and relevant data to empower landowners and farmers to improve the health of their land and the planet.

Downforce Technologies is committed to providing up to date and relevant data to empower landowners and farmers to improve the health of their land and the planet.

Getting Started

Take a Tour

Take a Tour

Get to know features, screens and charts in the Downforce platform by taking a guided tour. These tours take you through an area of the platform, giving you tips, how-tos, and handy links to further reading.

Get to know features, screens and charts in the Downforce platform by taking a guided tour. These tours take you through an area of the platform, giving you tips, how-tos, and handy links to further reading.

Frequently Asked Questions

Terms and Definitions

Terms and Definitions

Attainment Score provides an overall score (or rating) of the project area's SOC stocks relative to all other properties within the corresponding functional class.

Attainment Score provides an overall score (or rating) of the project area's SOC stocks relative to all other properties within the corresponding functional class.

Reading the Data

Understanding Calculation Methods in Your Portfolio

Understanding Calculation Methods in Your Portfolio

You now have the option to choose between calculation methodologies. But what do they mean, and when should you use each?

You now have the option to choose between calculation methodologies. But what do they mean, and when should you use each?

Carbon Projects and Markets

Voluntary vs Compliance: Which carbon market should I choose?

Voluntary vs Compliance: Which carbon market should I choose?

As the urgency to address climate change intensifies, carbon markets have emerged as pivotal tools in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They monetize carbon, allowing actors with verified carbon reductions or removals to sell them to actors needing to reduce their direct and indirect emissions

As the urgency to address climate change intensifies, carbon markets have emerged as pivotal tools in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They monetize carbon, allowing actors with verified carbon reductions or removals to sell them to actors needing to reduce their direct and indirect emissions

Soil

What is soil?

What is soil?

Dirt? Where plants grow? The ground beneath our feet?

Dirt? Where plants grow? The ground beneath our feet?

Soil

Why is soil hard to measure?

Why is soil hard to measure?

Because soils are dynamic systems, they are constantly changing, making accurate measurement of carbon and other components challenging.

Because soils are dynamic systems, they are constantly changing, making accurate measurement of carbon and other components challenging.

Soil

Why the Downforce solution works

Why the Downforce solution works

Unlike other companies measuring and testing soils, Downforce Technologies uses historical soil sampling data and more than 20 data layers relating to the factors and processes affecting soils to assess the levels of soil organic carbon (SOC) over eight years in making our assessment.

Unlike other companies measuring and testing soils, Downforce Technologies uses historical soil sampling data and more than 20 data layers relating to the factors and processes affecting soils to assess the levels of soil organic carbon (SOC) over eight years in making our assessment.

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