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Low-CI Feedstocks: A Farmer and Buyer Guide
Follow the evidence from field practice to feedstock report, aggregation, verification, and potential clean-fuel value. Learn what makes a low CI farm score defensible under audit.
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A low-CI feedstock is not established by a label, enrollment count, or marketing claim alone. A low CI farm score must be connected to reproducible inputs, source records, an identified calculation method and version, a controlled chain of custody, and a credible downstream use. The value and risks change at every handoff.
01The chain of custody
02Low CI is not the same as low risk
03What farmers should expect
04What buyers should test
By FDCIC EditorialReviewed August 6, 2026Status: Resource preview