The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative works to provide seed corn growers with cost-share to help incorporate cover crops into their operation. Click here to see Iowa’s ground results.
Do you grow seed corn in Iowa? If so, you may be eligible for cost-share assistance from the Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative, which is exclusive to seed corn growers in Iowa.
The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative is a project developed by the Iowa Seed Association in conjunction with the Agribusiness Association of Iowa, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and Iowa Corn. A grant from the Iowa Department of Agriculture under their Clean Water Initiative program provides funding for the project, which began in 2016.
The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative focuses on ways to help increase the adoption of cover crops specifically within the seed corn production system in Iowa. The focus on seed corn is driven by the unique opportunity that seed corn provides due to the earlier harvest, thereby providing better timing opportunities for establishing cover crops in the late summer and fall after harvest. This focus is also heavily driven by the seed corn industry in Iowa, and their efforts to help promote and support the use of cover crops as part of Iowa’s Nutrient Strategy.
