Planting for the Future: Fall Covers for Spring Savings

Learn more about Illinois' Cover Crop Premium Discount Program that provides a $5/acre discount on crop insurance premiums for farmers who plant those acres in cover crops in between growing seasons. In Illinois the program is called the Fall Covers for Spring Savings program.
State level programs fund crop insurance discounts on hundreds of thousands of acres each year in programs across Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana and demand is strong. In Illinois, for example, the 160,000 acres available for premium discounts in 2023 were spoken for in the first 5 hours of open enrollment!
If you're in Illinois you can act NOW to ask your state representative to support HB5757/SB3814, providing funding for 500,000 acres of cover crops through the Fall Covers for Spring Savings program.  
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With just one click, send a customized letter directly to your state representatives in support of soil health, water quality and Illinois farmers.
Urge State Leaders to support 500,000 acres of cover crops in IL at: farmland.salsalabs.org/fcss500k.
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