Best Management Practices
KIC BY 2025
“Keep it for the Crop by 2025” is a new, collaborative program to promote, implement and track the rate of adoption of enhanced nutrient stewardship practices by Illinois agricultural producers. KIC by 2025 will focus on the 4R’s of Nutrient Stewardship: Right Source, Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place. The Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP) will implement... Read More>>
Conservation Reserve Programs
According to the US Department of Agriculture, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program for agricultural landowners. Through CRP, they receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term, resource conserving covers on eligible farmland. CRP protects millions of acres of American topsoil from erosion and is designed to safeguard the Nation's... Read More>>