Habitat Incentives Program

Are you interested in…

Making every acre on your farm productive?
Building soil health?
Improving water quality?
Providing critical native habitat for wildlife?

If you answered “yes,” PFI’s Habitat Incentives Program is here to help you achieve your goals by providing technical and financial support for several conservation practices. Use our form to submit your contact information, and our habitat staff will reach out to chat about your farm management and conservation goals.

Supported Practices

Row Crops to Prairies and Trees

Receive incentive payments to establish prairies or trees on your corn/soy field. This incentive payment program can be stacked be stacked with any publicly funded cost-share programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This program is eligible only in Iowa.

Prairie STRIPS (Buffer Strips)

Receive a one-time incentive payment to establish prairie strips on your farm through PFI’s Habitat Incentives Program. This incentive payment can be stacked with the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). This program is eligible only in Iowa.

Precision Conservation Analysis

Receive a one-time incentive payment and a profitability assessment of your agricultural fields utilizing precision agriculture data to turn those marginal acres into opportunities. This program is eligible in Iowa and Minnesota.

Learn more about precision conservation analysis.

To find out more about precision conservation cost-share, please contact our partners at Pheasants Forever.

Petite Prairies

Receive a one-time incentive payment to establish small native prairie on odds-and-ends areas within or adjacent to crop fields, such as roadside ditches, farmstead, berms, etc. This program is eligible only in Iowa.

Partnerships

Funding for this project is made possible by Clean Water Iowa, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship, NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant and Pheasants Forever.

Note: Participation in Practical Farmers’ habitat incentives program may also include signing a maintenance agreement or contract with a PFI partner, such as the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Inquire for more details.

Questions?

Contact Grace Yi, our habitat viability manager, by emailing grace.yi(at)practicalfarmers(dot)org or by calling the office at (515) 232-5661.