Attachment B - 24AL2472 Burning Star SFWA Cropping Plan 2024-2027.pdf
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- Attached to
- 24AL2472 Burning Star S. F. W. A. Farm Lease
- Solicitation number
- 24-422DNR-REALT-B-39077
- Issued by
- Jackson County, Illinois
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This document is an Attachment B for an Agricultural/Wildlife & Habitat Land Lease (Lease #24AL2472) for the Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area in Illinois. The lease requires the tenant to follow a detailed cropping plan over the 4-year term from 2024-2027, including the planting of specific crops, cover crops, and leaving unharvested rows of corn/milo for wildlife. The tenant must obtain written approval from the IDNR for any deviations from the cropping plan due to weather or other factors. Non-adherence to the cropping plan may result in termination of the lease. The lease covers a total of 254.8 acres across multiple fields with a mix of corn, soybeans, milo, and idle acres each year.
The lease prohibits the use of neonicotinoid treated soybean seed and dicamba herbicide. The tenant must also follow label directions when applying atrazine herbicide. IDNR may require the tenant to leave all or a portion of the crops unharvested, with the tenant paying the lease amount per acre for any harvested crops in violation of this requirement. The lease does not mention pricing, set asides, incumbents, funding sources, or renewal options.
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AGRICULTURAL/WILDLIFE & HABITAT LAND LEASE
Lease Requirements
Burning Star S.F.W.A.
24AL2472
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (NO DOUBLE CROPPING) If field conditions do not allow for the designated crop (see cropping plan) to be planted by the counties crop insurance final planting date (as determined by the USDA Risk Management Agency *), due to weather, the tenant shall be allowed to plant an alternative crop or may be left idle with written approval from the Site Superintendent, District Wildlife Biologist, and Agricultural Lease Program Manager. In the event a field is left idle, the tenant shall pay the agreed upon per acre lease amount. Fields shall resume scheduled planting the following year. All other cropping plan changes shall require a formal amendment to the lease.
*https://www.rma.usda.gov/RMALocal/Ilinois
If field conditions do not allow for sunflowers to be planted by May 10th due to weather or the planting fails the tenant shall be allowed to plant an alternative crop with written approval from the Site Superintendent, District Wildlife Biologist, and Agricultural Lease Program Manager, to ensure the field is planted to a suitable crop for dove season.
The list below includes those actions required as part of the lease in addition to lease payments.
Required Action List
Field Number Action Crop Year Acres Applied
Is IDNR providing materials?
(Y/N)
IDNR materials to be provided (if applicable)
All
Lessee shall not use any neonicotinoid treated soybean seed with Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Clothianidin, Acetamiprid, Thiacloprid, Dinotefuran or Nitempyram insecticides
2024 - 2027 All NA NA
All The use of Dicamba is not allowed. 2024 - 2027 All NA NA
All
Lessee MUST follow and adhere to label directions when applying Atrazine herbicide or their equivalent
2024 - 2027 All NA
NA
Cover Crop Fields
Plant a minimum one species from the approved seed list on designated fields as indicated on the cropping plan.
• Approved seeding methods; pre-harvest aerial or broadcast (highboy), drill or broadcast post-harvest.
• Cannot terminate prior to March 15, cannot roller crimp past 5/15.
2024 - 2027 Designated Cover Crop
Fields
See attached
RCPP
guidelines
See attached
RCPP
guidelines
Field Number Action Crop Year Acres Applied
Is IDNR providing materials?
(Y/N)
IDNR materials to be provided (if applicable)
CORN and MILO
FIELDS
The leasee is required to leave 12 rows of unharvested standing corn or milo along the longest field edge and 12 rows of unharvested standing corn or milo down the center of the corn field. Stalks must be cut to 24" inches or less from the ground. Tenant may contact the IDNR after February 15th for approval to harvest the remaining standing corn.
ALL 172.6 NA
SOYBEAN and
MILO COVER
CROP FIELDS
Tenant shall plant winter wheat after soybean or milo crop harvest.
Wheat shall be drilled or spread with a buggie and lightly worked in the ground at a rate of 2 bushels per acre. Wheat planting must be done prior to October 31. The wheat may not be harvested and it must be destroyed by May 1.
ALL ALL NA
IDNR may require the Lessee under this cropping plan to leave all or a certain portion of the crops in the field standing without being harvested. If Lessee fails to comply with this requirement, IDNR will receive the rent per acre from the Lessee as set forth in Section 2.1.2 for each acre that the Lessee harvested in violation of the cropping plan. Non-adherence to cropping plan instructions may be cause for termination of the farm lease.
Previously planted
Field# Acres 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
2569-1 18.40 SOYBEAN CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
10047-4 22.50 SOYBEAN CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
10047-4B 30.20 SOYBEAN CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
10368-4 11.10 CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
9613-2 18.10 MILO
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
MILO
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
MILO
10368-1A 25.60 CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
10368-1B 46.70 CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
10047-3 6.10 IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE
10047-5 3.20 IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE
11533-2 24.10 IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE
2578-1 13.30 IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE
9485-13 10.90 IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE
9613-1 12.60 IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE
11537-17 12.00 SOYBEAN CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER
CROP
Total Acres 254.80
2024 2025 2026 2027
83.10 83.40 83.10 83.40
101.50 83.10 101.50 83.10
0.00 18.10 0.00 18.10
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
184.60 184.60 184.60 184.60
70.20 70.20 70.20 70.20
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
254.80 254.80 254.80 254.80
See associated map for field locations
Crop
Total Leased Acres
Total Acres
IDLE
MILO
24AL2472 Burning Start S.F.W.A.
CORN
SOYBEAN-COVER CROP
Year
Leased Acres
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