Winter Cereals Program a success

Farmer enrollments in Ducks Unlimited’s Winter Cereals Program has grown from 1,100 the program’s first year to over 8,000 acres this year. DU provides a $7 an acre incentive to producers for up to 150 acres, under three year contracts. Research indicates winter cereal crops, such as winter wheat, provide nesting cover that helps produce 35 times more ducks than spring seeded crops. The program is currently offered in Day and Marshall Counties in South Dakota and Ransom, Dickey, and Sargent Counties in North Dakota.