Prioritizing Profitability over Yield
PCM was built by farmers, for farmers to apply financial analysis to in-field practices.
We work one-on-one with farmers to help you understand the costs & benefits of tillage, nitrogen application, and cover crops on your land and finances.
With a focus on profitability over yield, we help you build a plan that ensures a future for your farm.
When you enroll in PCM, you recieve expert support including assistance with data collection, recommendations for incentive programs, and insights on your most profitable in-field practices.
PCM’s secure Farmer Portal ensures your data’s privacy. Farm data is immediately anonymized and aggregated with other regional data.
There is no cost to join and no committment to change your farming practices. Enroll today to protect your bottom line!
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FIND YOUR REGIONAL SPECIALISTCurrently serving farmers in
Illinois, Kentucky and Nebraska.
Data Analysis Made Easy
We’re farmers, too. We know how busy you are. Our goal is to provide you with valuable information without using up all of your time! Oh, and its free!
Curious about the enrollment and data collection process? Watch this video for a detailed explanation.
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GET ENROLLED
Meet with your PCM Specialist to provide an overview of your farm and goals. Your Specialist will see if you are eligible for cost-share opportunities right away! Watch an enrollment overview here.
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PROVIDE DATA
Your Specialist will assist with data collection and enter everything into the secure Farmer Portal. Our team of experts will start analyzing regional data from there!
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GET RECOMMENDATIONS
Once the data has been analyzed, your PCM Specialist will deliver a personalized RAAP Report including a breakdown of your farm’s outcomes and recommendations for the next crop year.
We know your time is valuable. That’s why we offer a $750 payment just for participating in PCM!
Contact your PCM Specialist to learn more.
FIND YOUR SPECIALISTOur Success Toolbox
Our tools make it easy for farmers to make decisions based on regional data and best farm business management principals. We apply financial analysis to conservation adoption so you can make environmentally and financially sustainable decisions for your business.
ACCESS TO EXPERTS
Our PCM Specialists are like an agronomist and farm manager all rolled into one. Your regional specialist will provide you with one-on-one technical support, custom farm reports and analysis, and access to programs that can benefit your farm business.
GET STARTEDCOST-SHARING OPPORTUNITIES
PCM Supply Chain Partnerships create a financial advantage
for farmers who are using conservation practices. These cost-share opportunities help protect your bottom line and influence decision-making across the supply chain.
DATA
SECURITY
Our secure Farmer Portal supports data collection for the PCM program. We aggregate and annonymize all data to demonstrate how conservation practices affect both society & farm income. We never share your individual farm data with anyone else.
GET STARTEDPERSONALIZED DATA ANALYSIS
Detailed reports based on individual and regional farm data gives you reliable projections and recommendations for farm practices that reduce your risk and help your farm business reach its goals. We provide the analysis, you decide how to use it.
GET STARTEDCost-Share Opportunities
PCM provides exclusive cost-share opportunites for enrolled farmers, as well as technical assistance for other programs. Your PCM Specialist stays up-to-date on the best opportunities for your farm and how to stack opportunities to maximize the protection of your bottom line.
These are jutst a few of the opportunities available to you through PCM. Talk to your Specialist about what other programs are available in your region!
Pepsico & Partners Regenerative Ag Incentive
Get paid for cover crops, reduced tillage, and/or nitrogen reduction. Both new and existing practices are eligible!
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Farmers for Soil Health
Farmers for Soil Health is a pay-for-practice program that provides payments to farmers for planting cover crops.
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Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
Farmers enrolling in this program have the benefit of receiving technical assistance from their PCM Specialist and their local NRCS office.
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Farmer Testimonials
We’re all about real-world insights. Here’s what some of our farmers have had to say about working with PCM.
What I find useful about the RAAP report is it breaks down the number of fields I have in the program and their average yield, nitrogen rate and Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) by year & crop. Additionally, the PCM database compiles data from all Illinois farms, anonymizing names and locations, enabling me to assess and compare my farm’s performance against others.
Marty M.
Farmer – New Berlin, IL
“PCM has helped to enable me to take on additional conservation practices with their datasets and large network of agriculture professionals to provide clarity and direction. PCM is kind of like the person who is holding the flashlight while you are working on a piece of equipment. They make it a lot easier to see what you are doing.”
Zach Wells
Farmer – Champaign County
“There’s a lot of really good minds working on different conservation practices and at the end of the year, I get a report with my yield data and some other farmers yield data … it doesn’t show anybody’s personal information; they put it all together and give us a really good tool that shows us how no-till did compared to conventional till, compared to no till with cover crops, strip till, by soil type. It is a phenomenal tool with really good people that partner with it.”
Elliott
Farmer – Shelby County
Why PCM?
UNDERSTAND PRACTICE IMPACT ON NET RETURNS
1-ON-1 TECHNICAL SUPPORT
EXCLUSIVE PROGRAM INCENTIVES
DATA COLLECTION ASSISTANCE
PREVENT MORE REGULATION
CUSTOM ANNUAL RAAP REPORT
ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
POSITION YOURSELF TO BENEFIT FROM CONSERVATION PRACTICES
PROTECT THE FUTURE OF YOUR FARM
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