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Grant focus: Conserving area for bird species on the farm
Awards Range: Bidding process: In the past, the program used a reverse-bid fixed price model to determine the compensation rate (dollars per acre) for program participants. Bids were accepted in the order of lowest rate to highest, but as each new bid was accepted, everyone’s compensation rate increased to match. This resulted in each participant receiving the same payment rate (dollars per acre enrolled) from the program but meant that some received more than required while those with higher financial needs were excluded. To include as many different farmers and landowners as possible, we are removing the fixed price model in 2025. We encourage all applicants to determine the true cost of incorporating one of our two recommended timelines into your management plans, and submit your bids accordingly. The contract will now reflect the per-acre cost that you submit to the program. Instead of admitting fields based on their bid price, we will now admit fields based on their habitat quality to ensure that we can protect the most high-quality grassland acreage possible . Please note that bids must be reasonable. Outlier bids may be skipped over regardless of their quality, to fit within the finances of the project.
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Summary: Farmers fields must be at least 20 acres and have nesting Bobolinks.
