FY 2025 Cover Crop Sign-Up
The annual sign-up period for the Kent Conservation District’s Cover Crop Cost-Share Program will take place starting Monday, June 3 through Friday, August 30, 2024. This popular grant program provides farmers in Kent County, Delaware with cost-share assistance to offset seed, labor, and equipment costs to plant fall cover crops to protect local water quality, build healthy soils, and capture carbon from the atmosphere. Fall planted cover crops can provide a range of water quality, soil health, and climate benefits. In addition to protecting local streams from nutrient and sediment runoff, they also add organic matter to the soil, control