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ICGA Precision Conservation Management & PepsiCo FritoLay Project
The purpose of the Precision Conservation Management (PCM) program is 3-fold: 1) allow Illinois commodity crop farmers to voluntarily address regulatory issues and water quality concerns; 2) assist PCM partners wishing to demonstrate their efforts to support farmers (through PCM) and source sustainably-produced crop products; and 3) provide financial analysis of agronomic practices to help farmers make sound business decisions regarding implementation of conservation practices. PCM’s primary resource concerns are water quality, soil health, and greenhouse gases and we focus our efforts and resources toward assisting farmers with implementation of in-field management practices that most effectively address those concerns, namely nutrient management, reduced tillage and cover crops.
Active
Innovation
Engagement Targets
Notes: (1) Minor fluctuations in the number of retained growers is expected from year to year. These fluctuations may be due to year-over-year crop rotation effects or other factors beyond the control of the project. Enrolled acres represent the total number of acres on an individual farm in a specific year. The ability to report enrolled acres is based on the Fieldprint Project Standard requirement that individual growers enrolled in projects enter at least 10% of the acres managed for a specific crop. (2) Entered acres represent the actual number of enrolled acres for which data is entered in the Fieldprint Platform for analysis.
Objectives
1) 100 Growers by 2028
Engage with growers.
Currently working with 401 farmers across PCM, 31 of those are Frito farmers
The original goal for this program was 30 growers. We currently collected data from 35 growers in 2023.
We currently collected data from 38 growers in 2024.
2) 100,000 acres by 2028
Acre enrollment
29,970 acres were entered in 2024.
3) 10% baseline reduction on GHGs by 2028 by crop
Baselines:
Corn - 1.1238 metric tonnes CO2e per acre
0.1526 sequestration metric tonnes CO2e per acre
Soybeans - 0.1862 metric tonnes CO2e per acre
0.129 sequestration metric tonnes CO2e per acre
Corn - 1.1238 metric tonnes CO2e per acre
0.1526 sequestration metric tonnes CO2e per acre
Soybeans - 0.1862 metric tonnes CO2e per acre
0.129 sequestration metric tonnes CO2e per acre
In 2024, the intervention has resulted in the following:
Corn - 1.008 metric tonnes CO2e per acre
0.309 sequestration metric tonnes O2e per acre
Soybeans - 0.288 metric tonnes CO2e per acre
0.641 sequestration metric tonnes CO2e per acre
Participants
Project Lead Organization
PepsiCoFull
Project Partner
Illinois Corn Growers AssociationFull
Project Details
Status
Active
Pathway
Innovation
Primary Crops
Corn (grain)
Soybeans
Natural Resource Concern