National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), for Farmers for Soil Health (FSH)

Start Date

Mar-23

Eligible Practices

• Cover Crops
• In-Field Management

Eligible Counties (in NE)

Statewide

Payment Schedule

$25 per acre year 1. $15 per acre year 2, and $10 per acre year 3

Price

$50 per acre over the first three years in the program, for new practices. For existing cover crop, $2 per acre (200 acre cap).

Contract Length

The Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities program is a five year program starting in February 2023.

Data Collected at Enrollment

During enrollment, farm field boundaries, crop rotation, use of cover crops, soils, and other information will be prepopulated for the farmer in the digital platform.

Enrollment Assistance

State partners will provide leadership for designing recruitment and enrollment plans that work best in their states and utilize grant resources to either build on existing programs or to develop new initiatives. NFWF, as the FSH grant administrator, will solicit proposals from state corn and soybean commodity groups and/or their fellow conservation partners.

Lead Organization

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Outcome Estimation

Enrollment in this cover crop program will require farmers to verify select data points that have been captured and prepopulated via the Data Transmission Network (DTN) data license to FSH, including use of cover crops, tillage practices, and nitrogen fertilizer. This and other management practice data will be an input into COMET-Planner, COMET-FARM, and other third-party models to quantify GHG emissions and sequestration. The GHG emission estimates generated from COMET-Planner will be verified using COMET-Farm.