2026 Enrollment Bonus Opportunity
Bayer Carbon Program
2025 Cover Crop Bonus
There’s a new opportunity for growers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska! This season, growers can apply for a one-time bonus opportunity as part of the Bayer Carbon Program. Together with a major consumer packaged goods company, we are offering a Cover Crop Bonus for growers who plant cover crops on eligible corn acres in 2025. To qualify, corn must be harvested in 2025. Applications to receive the Cover Crop Bonus will be accepted until state acreage caps are met, so growers are encouraged to apply early.
✓ $15/acre when you plant cover crops on corn acres.
✓ $20/acre when you combine cover crops with no-till, strip-till, or reduced-till
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Take Eligibility Quiz
Take this quick quiz to see if your fields might be eligible for 2025 Cover Crop Bonus.
Key Qualifications:
• Field(s) must be located in Ohio.
• Field(s) must be newly enrolled in the Bayer Carbon Program in 2026.
• Meet the 2026 Bayer Carbon Program requirements.
Earn more with these optional steps:
• Maximize your earning potential by combining eligible Bayer Carbon Program practices, and earn up to $20/acre.
About the Bayer Carbon Program
The decisions you make today can play a role in supporting the future of your land. ForGround by Bayer offers farmers resources to adopt or expand regenerative agriculture practices, opening the door to new opportunities for your operation.
We help you put regenerative agriculture practices to work with year-round support from a team of expert agronomists and exclusive offers and discounts.
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We know situations can change.
Request updates annually with approval.
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Receive of exclusive membership benefits—
agronomic insights, offers and discounts.
ForGround Member-Only Exclusive Benefits:
- Climate FieldView: A Climate FieldView™ Basic account is required for enrollment in the Bayer Carbon Program. Through a basic account, growers can organize field data, connect eligible fields, and manage information needed to support program participation.
- Great Plains: Get $50 off per foot on select Great Plains Box Drill units with the purchase of a new unit.
- Soil Warrior: Receive up to $5,000 in account credit toward a SoilWarrior strip-tillage and nutrient placement system.
- BAM Weather: Get 20% off a one-year subscription to the BAM Weather Clarity: Pro platform.
- Redekop: Receive a 3% discount on a Redekop Seed Control Unit with the purchase of a new unit from Redekop or a participating dealer.
- Exclusive Educational Content: Access insights and learnings developed by leaders in soil health, weather, biology, and other life sciences.
Contact a Carbon Engagement Specialist
Our experts are here to answer your questions and guide you through the enrollment process.
1 Payments subject to: (a) verification by Bayer that the selected practices have been performed and, for historical payments, that carbon assets have been generated; and (b) all other applicable terms of the Bayer Carbon-Smart Practices Master Agreement and attached program terms. Growers who have previously participated in other programs generating carbon assets will not be eligible for historical payments.
Certain practices may be subject to state acre enrollment limits. The regenerative agriculture program described in this material is subject to the current version of the Bayer Carbon-Smart Practices Master Agreement and attached program terms. The information is to aid in the understanding of the program and does not change or modify the Bayer Carbon-Smart Practices Master Agreement and attached program terms in any way. Bayer is a registered trademark of Bayer Group.