Sponsor an Acre — Just $7 a Month. Generations of Impact.
Your Monthly Gift. A Lasting Impact.
What if just $7 a month could help change the future of American agriculture?
At Yield Unlimited (YU), we're building a new approach to conservation that rewards landowners for improving soil health, keeps farmland productive, supports farmers and ranchers, and strengthens rural communities.
Through voluntary 10-, 20-, and 30-year conservation agreements, we aim to provide meaningful financial incentives for landowners who commit to proven conservation practices.
And we're inviting YOU to help make it happen!
What Are We Funding?
Yield Unlimited's proposed program offers two conservation options:
GREEN TIER — Building the Foundation for Healthier Soil
Landowners implement and maintain four complementary conservation practices:
Enhanced Crop Rotation (328): Diversifying crops to support soil biology and resilience.
No-Till / Strip-Till (329): Reducing soil disturbance and erosion.
Cover Crops (340): Keeping living roots in the ground longer.
Nutrient Management (590): Using soil testing and responsible nutrient management.
Together, these practices establish a strong foundation for healthier, more productive cropland.
GOLD TIER — Bringing Animals Back to the Land!
Gold Tier includes all four Green Tier practices, PLUS Managed Grazing (528)—and this is where things get especially exciting!
Healthy agricultural ecosystems aren't built by plants and soil alone. Grazing animals have historically played an important role in nutrient cycling and soil biological activity.
By regularly integrating livestock into cropland systems, we're bringing animals back onto the landscape to graze, deposit manure and urine, stimulate plant regrowth, and help cycle nutrients naturally.
That's the missing piece we're excited about!
The four Green Tier practices lay an important foundation, but adding properly managed livestock can take us closer to the kind of functioning, biologically active soil ecosystem we ultimately want to achieve.
And Gold Tier isn't just about soil. It creates new opportunities for ranchers, custom graziers, fencing contractors, water-system installers, and other rural agricultural businesses.
More biological activity. More opportunities. A more complete approach to soil health.
Both tiers offer 10-, 20-, and 30-year agreements, giving landowners options that fit their operations and long-term goals.
The land stays in agricultural production. Landowners retain ownership and agricultural income. Conservation commitments are designed to remain with the land for the selected contract term.
What Can $7 a Month Accomplish?
Here's where the power of community comes in!
Example 1: 10-Year Green Tier — $250 Per Acre
Under our proposed 10-year Green Tier agreement, a landowner receives $250 per acre for maintaining the four conservation practices for 10 years.
Just 3 people giving $7/month for one year = $252!
Or ONE person giving $7/month for 36 months contributes $252!
That's the equivalent of a 10-year Green Tier landowner payment on one acre.
Example 2: 30-Year Gold Tier — $2,100 Per Acre
Under our proposed 30-year Gold Tier agreement, a landowner receives $2,100 per acre for maintaining all five conservation practices for 30 years—including regularly integrating livestock through managed grazing.
25 people giving $7/month for one year = $2,100!
Or ONE person giving $7/month for 25 years contributes $2,100!
That's the equivalent of a 30-year Gold Tier landowner payment on one acre.
Imagine what hundreds—or thousands—of Americans working together could accomplish!
These examples illustrate gross donations before fees and program expenses. Contributions are pooled rather than assigned to individual acres, and future pledges cannot be treated as fully secured contract funding.
Our First Goal: Put Acres Under Contract!
We're not simply raising awareness about soil health.
We want to put real acres under real, long-term conservation agreements!
Your support helps Yield Unlimited build the financial foundation to launch fully funded 10-, 20-, and 30-year agreements, establish payment protections, conduct soil testing, and verify conservation practices.
We're not paying people to stop farming. We're working to reward them for making working farmland healthier while keeping it productive.
Want to Help Reverse the Trends Hurting Rural America?
Rising production costs. Shrinking opportunities for beginning farmers. Financial pressure on family farms. Soil erosion. Struggling rural economies.
We cannot keep doing the same things and expect different results.
Yield Unlimited is working to address these challenges by investing directly in the land and the people who depend on it.
Our approach can create new opportunities for landowners, farmers, ranchers, custom graziers, agricultural service providers, and rural businesses while supporting healthier, more resilient farmland.
We don't have to wait for another government program, another emergency payment, or another election cycle to start making a difference.
We can organize. We can invest. We can work together.
We're Not Selling Acres. We're Building a Community That Invests in Them.
You don't have to own a farm or drive a tractor to make a difference.
For just $7 a month, you can join a community working toward healthier farmland, stronger agricultural businesses, and more opportunities for future generations.
10 years. 20 years. 30 years. Real commitments. Lasting opportunities.
Join us. Sponsor an Acre. Help us build something that lasts!
Healthier Land. Healthier Communities. All with the help of Yield Unlimited and YOU!
Yield Unlimited Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Its conservation program is in development, and enrollment is not yet open. Donations support YU's charitable mission and program development. Proposed agreements, rates, and payment arrangements remain subject to funding, board approval, and appropriate legal and technical review.
www.yieldunlimited.org