Four leading spirits companies and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association are partnering with the Precision Conservation Management and the Kentucky Corn Growers Association to launch a five-year, $2.8 million initiative for Kentucky corn farmers.
The partnership, formed by Brown-Forman, Diageo North America, Heaven Hill Brands and Suntory Global Spirits, will support farmers by hiring additional conservation specialists to maximize management education beginning in 2025, per the release.
Precision Conservation Management will work with farmers in the central Kentucky region to implement regenerative corn-growing practices on more than 100,000 acres throughout five years.
With these practices and new on-farm resources, the goal is to ease administrative burdens and identify economic and environmental benefits that can be scaled.
According to the release, the collaborative effort will also expand Precision Conservation Management’s efforts in Kentucky to benchmark individual farm financials against an anonymized, regional and statewide dataset in an annual Resource Analysis and Assessment Plan.
Farmers will use this to understand where they can profitably implement conservation practices. This service is free to farmers, and they will receive a sign-on incentive for their time.
Participating Kentucky Distillers’ Association distillery partners will provide additional acre-based incentives to corn growers who adopt reduced tillage, cover crops, and maximize their nitrogen use efficiency to reduce the impact of corn production within the Bourbon supply chain.
To learn more about the program, please visit www.precisionconservation.org.
Source: WBKO
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