Iowa Leads Statewide Push Toward National Cover Crop Goal of 30 Million Acres

May 29, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

The Iowa Soybean Association, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board, and the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance are leading a statewide push toward a national cover crop goal of 30 million acres.

Farmers for Soil Health Enrollment Deadline Extended to March 15

March 5, 2024 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag

Farmers now have until March 15 to enroll in Farmers for Soil Health, a new cover crop cost share program that pays up to $50/acre over three years for new cover crop acres. Farmers who have planted cover crops previously are eligible for $2/acre.

Can Taller Cover Crops Lead to Cleaner Water?

By Brian Devore posted on March 4, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health, Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics, Termination

Source: Civil Eats

In 2022, Olmsted County commissioners Mark Thein and Gregg Wright approached staffers in the local soil and water conservation district office and asked a seemingly straightforward question: How can we keep nitrates out of the groundwater?

Survey Shows Cover Crop Usage Doubled Following Incentive Programs

By Krishna Ramanujan posted on September 25, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health, Economics

Source: Cornell Chronicle

A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged participants to plant twice as many acres of cover crops as they did prior to receiving funds – a change that can both improve their farms and mitigate climate change.

Ducks Unlimited Offering Cover Crop Incentives in Indiana and Michigan

September 2, 2022 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Economics

Source: Ducks Unlimited

Over the next 4 years, DU will work with their partners and private landowners to enroll acres into cover crop contracts with ADM. In return, the landowners will receive a $10/acre incentive payment, each year, for 4 years ($40 per acre total).

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