Healthy Crops Start with Healthy Soil

Farmers for Soil Health Enrollment Checklist

☐ FSA provided maps – required to be provided by enrollee
☐ Farm, tract, field number(s), and acres of enrolled fields listed on map
*Road designations on maps are beneficial
☐ Indicate whether the enrolled field is irrigated
☐ Identify current tillage system on enrolled fields (conventional, mulch, strip till, no-till)
☐ Current commodity crop to be harvested in 2026
☐ Type of cover crop to be planted after harvesting 2026 commodity crop
☐ Identify where cover crop will be planted (entire field or portion)
☐ If only part of field, mark location and acres on FSA map
☐ Describe method of cover crop termination

Required documents to be provided by enrollee
☐ FSA Subsidiary Print (for 2026 and also 2027, when available)
☐ FSA 156EZ showing control of enrolled field(s)
☐ W-9 for individual/entity receiving payment

Supporting documents – provide as many as possible
☐ Seed tickets of cover crop
☐ Seed analysis of cover crop
☐ Photos
☐ FSA-578 crop reporting document
☐ Planting records

Farmers for Soil Health Kansas Cover Crop Seeding Rate Zones