Elligibility
To ensure you are eligible to participate, the following must be true: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Your fields can be enrolled in federal, state, and local cost-share programs that reduce the cost of conservation practice implementation. We encourage you to take advantage of these programs. As a producer, you must adopt conservation practices which go beyond the minimum standard set by law. You must implement new practice change(s) on cropland. You must provide proof of field ownership or a rental agreement. a. b. c. Fields can be owned by the state or local government. Fields cannot be federally owned. For rented fields, you must have written permission from the landowner to participate. Fields deforested in the past 10 years are ineligible. Your fields cannot have been converted from grassland to cropland in the past 10 years. Your fields enrolled in Eco-Harvest cannot be enrolled in another program related to greenhouse gas reductions such as a credit, offset, impact unit, or claims program. You are welcome to participate in multiple programs as long as each of your fields is enrolled in only a single program. Your fields must be producing specific Eco-Harvest-approved crops for the region. The Eco-Harvest program regions are highlighted in the map on the following page in green.
Available Funding
Outcome based program. Different payments and rates depending on project. Paid for tonnes of Carbon Dioxide. Outcomes payment = outcomes from the field * the market price for the outcome (with a 95/5 split between the producer and Eco-Harvest).
Length of Contracts
usually have 5 year contracts for market projects with renewal up to 20 years total
Cost-share requirements?
NA
Required Documentation (prove ownership/lease arrangements)
Field attributes, location, presence or not of tile drainage, crop type and associated yield, planting and harvesting activities, tillage, cover crops, fertilizer and pesticides, irrigation, grazing and herd management, electricity and fuel (optional) and Historical data
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