Wisconsin Offering Crop Insurance Premium Rebates for Planting Cover Crops

In partnership with USDA Risk Management Agency, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will offer crop insurance premium rebates for planting cover crops. There is $800,000, or 160,000 acres of coverage, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Recipients will receive a $5 per acre rebate on their summer 2025 crop insurance premium for acres planted with cover crops in 2024, then planted to an insurable crop the following year. Producers who received state or federal cost-sharing to plant cover crops in 2024 are not eligible for this year’s program. The application period opens at noon on December 2, 2024, and continues until January 31, 2025, or until program funding is exhausted.