In 2025, AFT’s Social Science Team and Climate & Soil Health Team deployed a first-of-its-kind survey of farmers using or interested in using biochar to explore the status and experience with biochar in agriculture, and the motivations and barriers to adopting biochar among U.S. farmers. We received complete survey responses from 367 farmers, of which 149 had applied biochar, from across the country covering 45 U.S. states. In this report, we present aggregate results that help us answer the following questions: What are some primary characteristics of biochar users? Do farm characteristics vary between those farmers using biochar and those who are interested but have yet to adopt biochar? What are the predominant barriers to and motivators for biochar adoption? Based on the responses to this survey, we contribute to the collective understanding of biochar use and motivations among farmers, and we provide guidance on how best to incentivize and support biochar application on U.S. farmland. We hope to help practitioners and researchers understand farmer motivations, successes, challenges, and persistence as it is described in these survey results.