• Each field can have 2 years of “New” cover crops. One before corn and one before soybeans.
• To be eligible for the MRTN insurance buy-up, you must:
  • Have 3 years of data in the PCM Portal and an annual average nitrogen rate at least 10% above MRTN
  • Have EVERY corn acre enrolled into PCM to find annual average and for tracking
  • Demonstrate that additional crop insurance coverage was purchased over previous years
  • Apply the MRTN rate on every corn acre
• There is no cap on number of acres per farmer
• All acres submitted for incentive payment must be enrolled into PCM
• Farmer cannot be participating in any other carbon/ecosystem service market or claims system for acres in this program
• Carbon assets generated from participation in this program are being claimed by PepsiCo

Receive payments for new and/or old conservation practice and are all available to all Illinois PCM regions.