PepsiCo & Partners Regenerative Ag Incentive

PepsiCo pays farmers in Illinois, Nebraska and Kentucky for cover crops, nitrogen reduction and reduced tillage, through the Illinois Corn Growers Association's Precision Conservation Management (PCM) program. New and existing practices qualify, at up to $35 per acre with no acre cap, and payments stack with state or federal programs. PepsiCo claims the carbon credits from enrolled acres.

• Farms in the program's regions of Nebraska, Illinois and Kentucky ("The PepsiCo program is available regionally in Nebraska, Illinois & Kentucky")

• All acres must be enrolled into PCM

• W-9 Form

• Each field can have 2 "new" years of cover crops (one ahead of corn, and one ahead of soybeans)

• MRTN or 10% N reduction payments may carry additional requirements

• Enrolled acres cannot be part of another carbon/ecosystem service/sustainability marketplace

1-year contract; payment after verification by the PCM Specialist, issued in summer; carbon credits from enrolled acres are claimed by PepsiCo.

Published amounts: Farmers enrolled in PCM are eligible to receive up to $35 per acre for conservation practices through this program. There is no cap on number of acres per farmer, and practice payments are stackable with state or federal programs! (PCM enrollment itself also pays a $750 enrollment payment, per the PCM Illinois page.)

Enroll in PCM (https://app.precisionconservation.org/registration) and contact your regional PCM Specialist to see if your farm qualifies.

Deadline text on the page: No enrollment deadline published. "Contract length: 1 year"; "Payments issued in the summer after verification by your PCM Specialist."