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Good for Your Land and Your Bottom Line

Farmers for Soil Health is a program created by farmers for farmers and is committed to enhancing soil health practices, like planting cover crops, to improve the environment and profitability of farmers. The program provides financial incentives, local research-based technical support to help farmers with field transitions, and an exclusive marketplace connecting farmers and supply chain partners interested in supporting sustainable farming practices.

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Mission

The mission of Farmers for Soil Health is to increase farmer adoption of soil health improvement practices by providing educational aids, outreach materials, and financial resources for the state commodity groups and other partners.

Vision

Our vision is to inspire farmers to adopt soil health improvement practices, such as planting cover crops, through outreach, education, incentive payments, and word-of-mouth, increasing the number of cover crop acres to 30 million U.S. acres by 2030.

As farmers, we are committed to being good stewards of the land.

Participating States

The following 20 states are eligible to participate in the Farmers for Soil Health AMP Partnership: Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Benefits and Incentives

Our primary objective is to equip farmers with the necessary tools, resources and support to assist them in implementing and maintaining soil health improvement practices in their operations.

Financial Incentives

Farmers for Soil Health offers financial assistance of up to $50/acre over a three-year period to offset cover crop start-up costs.

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Sustainability Marketplace

Enrollment in Farmers for Soil Health provides access to an exclusive sustainability marketplace connecting farmers to top-tier, nationwide supply chain partners and corporations focused on sustainability.

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Local Technical Support

Dedicated and knowledgeable technical advisors guide enrolled farmers through every step of program registration, cover crop implementation, and verification.

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Data is an integral part of measuring success.

Farmers for Soil Health monitors progress through:

Implementation of a GIS mapping system and farmer audits to track traceable metrics.
Assessment of cover crop acreage using data from the NASS Census of Agriculture.
Evaluation of soil loss utilizing information from the National Resources Inventory.
Modeling of carbon/greenhouse gas emissions, soil loss and water quality