Description
This pay-for-practice program is designed to provide cost-share opportunities for farmers, which makes conservation practice adoption more economically feasible. llinois farmers in all PCM regions are eligible to recieve payments for new or existing conservation practices
Elligibility
Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska. All acres submitted for incentive payments must be enrolled into PCM. Each field can have 2 “new” years of cover crops (one ahead of corn, and one ahead of soybeans). Acres enrolled in this program must not be participating in any other carbon/ecosystem market. Carbon assets generated from participatin in this program are being claimed by PepsiCo. To be eligible for the MRTN insurance buy-up, additional requirements apply. ———————— Cover crops
No-till
Reduced till
Nutrient management
Various enhancements
Available Funding
Not necessarily a cap. “Shoot for the Stars”——————————— $5-25 per acre. Cover Crops $15, 1st/2nd year. $10, 3+ years. No Till/ Strip Till $10, 1st/2nd year. $5, 3+ years. MRTN/10% Nitrogen Reduction $10, 1st year. ALL THREE $25, 1st/2nd year (NEW). $15, 3+ years (OLD). Cover Crops and No Till/Strip Till $20, 1st/2nd year. $15, 3+ year. No Till/Strip Till andMRTN/10% Nitrogen Reduction $15, 1st/2nd year
Length of Contracts
Most into 2029, some could be shorter
Cost-share requirements?
Yes
Required Documentation (prove ownership/lease arrangements)
Each field can have 2 “new” years of cover crops (one ahead of corn, and one ahead of soybeans).
Contact
Lainey Wolf