Description
Unilever offers three different regenerative ag programs. One for Soy in Iowa, another for Wheat in North Dakota, and Rice in Arkansas. They use Field2Market’s Fieldprint Calculator to give better ideas on the impact/payment.
Covered practices include Cover Crops (Iowa)
Rice (Water Usage)
Wheat (Fertilizer Optimization, Cover Crops)
Elligibility
You have to deliver into their supply chain. They track volumes.
Arkansas delivered directly to the supplier. ND directly to the supplier. Iowa to various Coop’s and such.
Available Funding
Iowa 10-15$ / acre – Unlimited Acres
Caps for Rice/Wheat per farmer NOT SURE PRICE
They use Field2Market’s Fieldprint Calculator to give better ideas on the impact/payment.
Length of Contracts
Proof of sale into Unilever’s supply chain, then receive payment
1-year agreement typically
3-year agreement (Soy)
Cost-share requirements?
$5-10/acre Rice (Cover Crops, Biodiversity (flooding), Chicken fertilizer)
Soy (Cover Crops) $10-15/acre
Wheat (Fertilizer, other options)
Required Documentation (prove ownership/lease arrangements)
Prove that they planted cover crops (receipt for seed)
Tracking (PFI in Iowa works with coops “middleman”)
Rice program (U of Ark – monitoring station in each field – only 10 farmers enrolled)
ND – prove to do the practice(s).
Contact
Practical Farmers of Iowa (Iowa)
U of Arkansas Dr. Ben Ruckles (Arkansas)
Jessie Deelo (ND)