Description
Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) will offer incentives for reducing nitrogen application and for planting cover crops.
Through the N Rate Risk Protection Program, growers agree to reduce their nitrogen rates. If benchmark yield is not achieved with reduced nitrogen application, a per acre reimbursement payment can be claimed to cover a portion of the performance reductions. Growers Edge partners with PFI on the NRRPP program to support insurance claims and determine if a farmer is eligible to receive a payment based on reduced crop performance.
PFI’s Cover Crop Cost-Share program offers a marketing incentive, paid by PepsiCo, for implementing cover crops.
Elligibility
States Included:
COUNTY SPECIFIC
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Applicable Practices:
Cover crops
Nutrient management
Non-organic corn and soybean acres only
Acres CANNOT overlap with any privately funded cost share, such as a carbon program
Available Funding
Payment rates are $10 OR $15 per acre on an unlimited number of acres. Rates vary depending on the documentation provided.
Length of Contracts
One or three year contracts
Cost-share requirements?
Yes
Required Documentation (prove ownership/lease arrangements)
*$10/acre is for providing seed receipts and/or applications invoices for all of your cover crop acres being reported.
*$15/acre is for providing us with some additional FSA documentation (the Producer Subsidiary Print & FSA tract maps with Farm ID, TractID and CLU/FieldID) for all fields that will be paid for by the cost-share program. You are responsible for submitting these forms + cover crop receipts to PFI.
Contact
Covercrops@practicalfarmers.org