Iowa’s Crop Insurance Discount Program is now open and taking applications.
Farmers who planted cover crops this fall can apply for a 5 dollars per acre discount on their spring crop insurance premiums.
This is the eighth year of the program, administered jointly between the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the U.S.D.A. So far, 2-thousand Iowa farmers have enrolled 1.2 million acres of cover crops in the program.
In order to qualify, the cover crop acres cannot be enrolled in other strate or NRCS cost share programs.
Signup will continue through December and January, closing on January 24.
Farmers and landowners can enroll by contacting their crop insurance agent, or go to ApplyCleanWaterIowa.org.
