This bid is for an agricultural land lease and farming operation at Turkey Bluffs State Fish & Wildlife Area, 4301 S. Lake Drive, Chester, IL 62233, Randolph County.
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What the job is
Term: March 1, 2027, or final execution if later, through February 28, 2032.
Pricing: Provide annual rent per acre and yearly totals for 254.41 acres in 2027, 225.81 in 2028, 247.61 in 2029, 254.41 in 2030, and 216.21 in 2031. Leasehold taxes are additional.
Farming: Follow the corn/soybean rotation and designated idle areas; supply all labor, machinery, seed, fertilizer, and insurance. Personal farming is required, with limited exceptions for cover crop work and baling.
Habitat requirements: Establish 65.90–113.10 acres of cover crops annually and designated unharvested food plots using sorghum at 4–5 lbs./acre and buckwheat at 25 lbs./acre. Leave 12 rows unharvested along the longest edge of non-cover crop corn/soybean fields until at least March 1.
Field management: Control weeds, maintain soil fertility, and perform second-year soil testing. No double cropping, dicamba, or neonicotinoid-treated soybean seed. Cover crops cannot be terminated before March 15 or roller-crimped after May 15.
Insurance: General liability of $1 million per occurrence/$2 million aggregate, auto liability of $1 million per occurrence, and workers' compensation as required.
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