The Illinois Cover Crop Initiative is a new program available for Illinois farmers who intend to plant cover crops following their 2022 cash crop. Farmers can receive $10 per acre for cover crops planted by December 1, 2022, even if they have planted cover crops before! We are quickly approaching our 75,000-acre goal. We encourage you to fill out the inquiry form, but please know that you may be added to a waitlist once all acres are taken.
Illinois Cover Crop Initiative
Sign Up by August 31, 2022
Applications are processed on a first come first serve basis.
SIGN UP TODAYSign Up here by August 31, 2022
Applications are processed on a first come first serve basis.
SIGN UP HERE
Sign Up by Mail (Click here to download the form)
Send printed forms to: Madison County SWCD, C/O Sarah Blount, AFT, 7205 Marine Road, Edwardsville, IL 62025 or scan and email completed forms to icci@farmland.org.
Program Information
- Technical assistance available to anyone interested in cover crops, regardless of program participation
- $10/ac farmer payment for planting cover crops
- Must be planted by Dec 1, 2022
- Choose from 1, 2, 3, or 4-year contracts
- Do NOT need to be new cover crop acres
- 75,000-acre goal for the state of Illinois
- Cannot be in another privately funded program
- Payments may stack with cost-share programs
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis – first come, first served
- Carbon assets generated from participation in this program are being claimed by ADM
- You may be placed on a waitlist as we near our 75,000-acre goal
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