Request an

Estimate

To ensure you qualify for our program, please complete the criteria form below:

1. Field Location

Are your fields located in the enrollment area highlighted on the map?

Yes No

2. Practice Change

Are you willing to adopt at least one new conservation practice in each field you wish to enroll from the list of qualifiers below?

Tillage reduction: I am ready either to reduce tillage by switching to strip-till, vertical till, no-till, or a combination of these methods, or to extend my reduced tillage practices across more acres or crops in my rotation. Cover Crops: I am ready to add or enhance the use of cover crops. Extended Crop Rotation: I am ready to incorporate perennial crops into my rotation. No, I am not willing to adopt a new practice change.

Enrollment Status

Enrollment Opening Soon in 2025

Before Requesting an Estimate, Please Confirm Your Eligibility

Helpful Tips to Get Started

After creating an account on our farmer enrollment platform, a member of our staff will be in touch to see if you need any help inputting your farm data. As you get started, it’s helpful to have the following info ready to ensure the payment estimation and contracting process moves as quickly and as accurately as possible:

FSA maps or your FSA farm, tract, and field numbers for the fields you’d like to enroll
Your subsidiary print

To generate accurate payment estimates, we ask for 3-5 years of historical and projected farm management information. This will include crop and field information such as planting dates, crop rotations, fertilization rates, seeding type and rates, row spacing, yield goal, tillage type, residue management, manure applications, and other necessary field level operational data.

But what do you do with my farm’s data? We believe that you are the owner of the Data that originates from your farm, device, or equipment. We will never sell it. Learn more from our Data and Security Policy.

How our Farmer Enrollment and Payment Process Works

STEP 1:

Use our farmer web portal to create an account, map your field boundaries, and enter baseline and future cropping system information.
STEP 2:

Review the proposed payment offering emailed to you within a few days after data submission and decide if you wish to continue and participate.
STEP 3:

E-sign the contract emailed to you to confirm your participation in the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund. An initial 50% of the contract is paid prior to verification.
STEP 4:

Receive technical assistance from Soil and Water Outcomes Fund field program representatives as needed to implement conservation practices.
STEP 5:

Receive the remaining 50% payment after your farm’s environmental outcomes are measured and verified, typically in the spring. In 2024, participating farmers received an average payment of $33 per acre.