Program payments will be made on the basis of acres seeded to cover. The seed receipt serves to help verify the conversion cover. Field inspections for verification purposes will be conducted for a portion of program applications. A. Yes, with a 50 acre limit per applicant, it is possible that more than one applicant from a family operation might seed 50 acres of cover on a quarter section of land. In this case, the applicants should submit the applications together.
All soil types are eligible under the program.
This allows the farmer to select those lands on which to establish perennial cover, depending upon management objectives. However, the land for which program benefits are requested in the application must have been in annual cropping or summerfallow in the previous year. If you do not purchase forage seed but wish to use your own seed, send a seed sample to an accredited seed lab for analysis. Then, send a copy of the lab analysis, showing seed purity and germination rate, along with your application form. In 1999 and 2000, yields of forage seed harvested were above average in most parts of western Canada.