Receive an annual payment based on:
- Soil Productivity
- Local Cash Rent For Similar Soil Types, Which May Vary From County to County.
Plus:
- Additional 20% premium available for enrolling acres into these highly beneficial conservation practices
- 50% cost share available for seeding and establishment of buffers
- Term of Contract: 10-15 years
- Hay crop CANNOT be harvested
Practices Funded Through Continuous CRP
- Grass Filter Strips -Cost share rate of 50% available for seeding.
- Grass Waterways – Cost share at rate of 50% available for excavation, seeding, fertilization, and mulching expenses and any grade stabilization structure that may be needed.
- Riparian Buffers – Cost share available for tree planting at rate of 50%.
- Field Windbreaks -Cost share available for tree planting at rate of 50%.
Example of payment:
| Soil Type: | Pewamo (Pe) | Blount (BnA) |
| Rental Value: | $98.00/ac | $81.00/ac |
| 20% Bonus: | $19.60/ac | $16.20/ac |
| Maintenance: | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Total/ac | $122.60 | $102.20 |