On May 18, U.S. Representatives Sean Casten (IL-06), Elissa Slotkin (MI-07), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program (COVER) Act with original co-sponsor Representative Mike Bost (IL-12). This bill will provide a $5/acre crop insurance discount to farmers who plant cover crops to incentivize this important soil health practice, building on the federal Pandemic Cover Crop Program.
Materials to support eligible applicants with their C19RM funding requests are now available, including the C19RM funding request form , the C19RM Technical Information Note and the C19RM Modular Framework. Applicants can submit their applications on a rolling basis until 12 May 2023, indicating if they would like to be considered for funding from the new Pandemic Fund. Note that the deadline for submissions of 20 March was cancelled.
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