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Applications will be available at
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/
agr/Pages/default.aspx beginning at 8am. Funding of
eligible acreage will be on a first come, first serve basis.
IDOA received funding from the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency to add 40,000 acres to the program for a total of 140,000
acres available for the 2023 growing season. In 2022, the
100,000-acreage allotment was met in under 24 hours and a total
of over 131,000 acres were requested by the time the application
period ended.
The program is applicable for acreage in Illinois planted to
cover crops in the fall of 2022 that will be planted to an
insurable crop in 2023. Eligible applicants receive a premium
discount of $5 per acre on the following year’s crop insurance
for every acre of cover crop enrolled and verified in the
program.
Applicants will be required to certify that their cover crops
are approved through their local Farm Service Agency office
before applying. Applicants will also need their current FSA-578
and federal crop insurance policy number(s) for the 2023
application process.
The discount program was designed to promote
additional acres of cover crops that are not covered by other
state or federal incentives.
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IDOA will use a combination of tools to verify
that acres applied for through this program are planted in cover
crops. The program is only applicable for those with coverage
through the United States Department of Agriculture Risk Management
Agency (USDA-RMA) crop insurance program. Confirmed applications
will be forwarded to the USDA-RMA for processing and for application
of premium discounts to 2023 crop insurance invoices.
Applications will be available until January 15, 2023 on the
Illinois Department of Agriculture website. Further information can
be obtained by contacting the IDOA at (217) 782-6297.
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