Cover crops underseeded with the main crop (intercropping)

Full-season annual and/or perennial cover crops in rotation

Fall and Spring seeded cover crops

Agronomic Support for Seeding Cover Crop 

up to $50/acre

Upgrading or purchasing seeder equipment directly required for cover cropping - e.g. no till drills, air seeders, broadcast seeders, etc.

50 / 50 cost share up to $30,000

Must be accompanied by cover cropping application

Fencing to Support Rotational Grazing (perimeter, cross, temporary, virtual) 

Watering System to Support Rotational Grazing

$30,000 per quarter cap

Improving pasture composition by seeding legumes, perennials, and grasses

Agronomic Support for Completion of a Rotational Grazing Plan

$10,000 per year cap

85% increased cost of PCU fertilizer compared to regular nitrogen 

Applicants cannot apply PCUs and dual inhibitors on the same acres and receive funding for both.

$10,000 per year cap

Use of Combined Nitrification and Urease Inhibitors or use of dual inhibitors

Eligible Inhibitor List 

Agronomic Support for Nitrogen Management Plans

Soil Testing and Soil Mapping must be accompanied by another PWCP-funded practice (previous PWCP-funded projects count as accompanying); OR the applicant must report on the change in nitrogen fertilizer use (fertilizer rates before and after the soil testing/mapping).

Must also fill out Appendix A

$10,000 per year cap

Adding Legumes to Crop Rotation

up to $50/acre

Soybeans not eligible

Upgrading Seeder Equipment to Allow for Banding,  Side Dressing, or Injection of Fertilizer

Equipment Upgrades must be accompanied by another PWCP-funded practice (previous PWCP-funded projects count as accompanying); OR the applicant must report on the change in nitrogen fertilizer use (fertilizer rates before and after the equipment upgrade).

Must also fill out Appendix A

$10,000 per year cap

Split Application of Fertilizer to improve Nitrogen use

85% of implementation costs of second pass

Upgrading manure injection and incorporation equipment

Funding amount determined on a case-by-case basis

Must also fill out Appendix A

$10,000 per year cap

Incorporating Manure or Compost

up to $50/acre

$10,000 per year cap

Offsetting higher costs of synthetic fertilizer substitutes (Digestates, Biological Amendments, Etc.)

85% of the cost of synthetic fertilizer substitute

Must also fill out Appendix A