UPDATED Attachment B - 24AL2106 Horseshoe Lake SP Cropping Plan 2024-2028.pdf

AGRICULTURAL/WILDLIFE & HABITAT LAND LEASE

Lease Requirements

Horseshoe Lake S.P.

24AL2106

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

13015-2 14287-1

14287-11A 14287-13 14287-16 14287-7C

14287-12A 14287-4A 14287-4C

Plant Wheat 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 and 2026 148.50

See attached

RCPP

guidelines

See attached

Field Number Action Crop Year Acres Applied

Is IDNR providing materials?

(Y/N)

IDNR materials to be provided (if applicable)

Cover Crop Fields

13015-3 14287-11B

14287-6 14287-7A 14287-7B

Plant Wheat 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.

2025 and 2027 146.20

See attached

See attached guidelines

All Corn fields

Corn shall be planted by June 1st and shall be harvested by October 15th with the exception of the 5% that shall be left standing with equal distribution left along field edges and out in the center of the field

151.1 155.6 151.1 155.6

NA

NA

All Soybean fields

Soybeans shall be planted by June 15th

155.6 151.1 155.6 155.1

NA

NA

14287-4B1

A 15’ wide corridor must be left unplanted from the roadway bordering the field to the entrance of Raskey Slough. The corridor shall be on the outer edge of the field. This corridor is necessary to maintain access to the slough for management and to avoid crop damage.

2024-2027 NA NA

2024& 2026 fields

14287- 12A,14287-

4A,14287-4C

2025&2027 fields

14287- 12B,14287-

4B,14287-4D

Plant Clearfield Sunflower and/or Express Sun sunflowers (two year alternating cycle) at population of 29,000 seeds per acre by May 1st of each crop year. No dwarf or semi-dwarf varieties allowed. 80 day or less maturity date varieties only.

Apply Beyond and/or Express chemical per label instructions, mow sunflowers fields per DWB/SS instructions between 8/15 and 8/25 of each year.

Lessee is responsible for supplying Clearfield and/or Express Sun sunflower seed (two year alternating cycle), fertilizer, labor and equipment to establish sunflower fields.

2024, 2025 (Express

Sun)

2026, 2027 (Clearfield)

2024 - 67.8 2025 – 67.4

2026 – 67.8 2027 – 67.4

No

DuPont Express Totalsol Soluble Granules

Pre-emergent (Prowl, Dual, Spartan DF)

Applied

Is IDNR providing materials?

(Y/N)

IDNR materials to be provided (if applicable)

The site will supply the herbicide.

The Vendor shall apply Prowell or Treflan at the time of planting according to weed pressure.

Fertilizer shall be applied utilizing soil test results.

The Vendor, at his/her expense, is responsible for the mowing of the sunflowers in the dove management fields. The DWB/SS will provide a map in mid-August.

If a wet year exist and the fields are planted late and/or experiencing a serious weed problem, the Lessee may be requested to apply roundup to the field(s) to reduce weed pressure (site will supply chemical). If normal planting window for sunflowers passes due to wet field conditions, a replacement crop (selected by the SS/DWB) will be planted in the designated fields at the Lessee’s expense. The Lessee will advise the site annually of the sunflower field planting date(s).

Post-emergent (Beyond)

2024&2026

14287- 12B,14287-

4B,14287-4D

14287- 12A,14287-

4A,14287-4C

Wheat shall be drilled or spread with a buggy and lightly worked into the ground at a rate of 2 bushels per acres.

The Vendor will leave 25% of the wheat standing in the dove management fields according to DWB recommendations. The Vendor shall pay rent and leasehold taxes on all acres. This acreage is considered leased acreage and should be considered an expense when preparing bid.

If a wet year exist and the fields are planted late and/or experiencing a serious weed problem, the Lessee may be requested to apply roundup to the

2024&2026

67.4

67.8

Applied

Is IDNR providing materials?

(Y/N)

IDNR materials to be provided (if applicable) field(s) to reduce weed pressure (site will supply chemical). If normal planting window for sunflowers passes due to wet field conditions, a replacement crop (selected by the SS/DWB) will be planted in the designated fields at the Lessee’s expense. The Lessee will advise the site annually of the sunflower field planting date(s).

Varies

Lessee will be responsible for purchasing roundup (Glyphosate) and spraying the wheat fields associated with the dove program no late than August 1st of each year

2024-2027 Varies by year NA

FP2, FP3

Food Plots 2 and 3 shall be planted in corn 2024 & 2026 and soybeans in 2025 & 2027

2024-2027 1.9 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 2027

13015-2 59.40 CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

13015-3 38.50 SOYBEAN CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

14287-1 28.80 CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

14287-11A 25.80 CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

14287-11B 49.20 SOYBEAN CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

14287-12A 27.10 WHEAT SUNFLOWER-WHEAT WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

WHEAT

14287-12B 27.10

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

CARRYOVER WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

CARRYOVER

WHEAT

14287-13 6.30 CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

14287-14 0.80 SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN

14287-16 8.80 SOYBEAN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

14287-4A 17.50 WHEAT SUNFLOWER-WHEAT WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

WHEAT

14287-4B 19.30

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

CARRYOVER WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

CARRYOVER

WHEAT

14287-4C 23.20 WHEAT SUNFLOWER-WHEAT WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

WHEAT

14287-4D 21.00

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

CARRYOVER WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

WHEAT

SUNFLOWER-

WHEAT

CARRYOVER

WHEAT

14287-5 1.10 SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN

14287-6 20.30 SOYBEAN CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

14287-7A 23.20 SOYBEAN CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

14287-7B 15.00 SOYBEAN CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

14287-7C 19.40 WHEAT

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

SOYBEAN-COVER

CROP

CORN

14287-8 1.40 SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN

14287-9A 7.10 CORN SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN CORN

14287-9B 1.60 SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN CORN SOYBEAN

FP2, FP3 1.90 FOOD PLOT FOOD PLOT FOOD PLOT FOOD PLOT FOOD PLOT

Total Acres 443.8

2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

151.10 155.60 151.10 155.60 0.00

7.10 4.90 7.10 4.90 0.00

0.00 67.80 67.40 67.80 0.00

148.50 146.20 148.50 146.20 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.40

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

306.70 374.50 374.10 374.50 67.40

67.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

1.90 1.90 1.90 1.90 0.00

67.80 67.40 67.80 67.40 0.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

443.80 443.80 443.80 443.80 67.40

CARRYOVER WHEAT

FOOD PLOT

Total Acres

Year

Leased Acres

Total Leased Acres

SUNFLOWER-WHEAT

Crop

24AL2106 Horseshoe Lake S.P.

CORN

SOYBEAN

WHEAT

SOYBEAN-COVER CROP

CARRYOVER WHEAT

See associated map for

SUNFLOWER