The Grand River Conservation Authority’s Rural Water Quality Program offers a per acre incentive to grow cover crops over the winter for applicants in Brant County, Waterloo Region, and Wellington County.
The GRCA states benefits of cover crops are numerous: they can reduce erosion, build better soil structure and improve soil health.
Applications for the cover crop program can be submitted now for payment in spring 2018. The incentive rate varies by municipality. In in Wellington the rate is set at $60/acre, up to 50 acres.
The authority delivers the Rural Water Quality Program initiative on behalf of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, the counties of Wellington, and Brant and the City of Brantford.
More information is available by visiting www.grandriver.ca or contacting the GRCA at 519-621-2761.
