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Tree Buffer Grants Across IL

Tree buffers are just one of the current best management practices that pig farmers are embracing to benefit the environment. A buffer is an area of trees that are strategically placed to provide a wind break, recycle clean air, and provide curb appeal to a landscape. Click on the highlighted counties below to see some examples of tree buffers across the state of Illinois. 

 

Pig farmers in Illinois have the opportunity to take part in a tree buffer grant program. The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) is offering this incentive for farmers to implement fresh landscaping on their pig farms. Pig farmers from across the state have already utilized this program in the past years.

 

A buffer is an area of trees that are strategically placed to provide a windbreak, recycle clean air, and provide curb appeal to a landscape. This grant program is offered to Illinois pig farmers on a first-come-first-serve basis. Funding aids with the purchase of trees and shrubs, as well as design and tree placement. Tree installation costs will not be covered under this grant. IPPA will provide up to $2,500 of the cost.

 

Ted Funk, an environmental engineer for IPPA funded in part by the Illinois Soybean Association Checkoff Program, provides his talents of research and planning to benefit the farmer. A local Extension educator may also play a role by suggesting the best types of trees for the desired location. This group effort is to ensure the farmer has all the right tools they need to create a useful tree buffer.

 

If you are a farmer wanting to apply for the grant, please click here. 

 

Adams

High Power Pork Buffer

High Power Pork implemented a tree buffer on this pig farm in Adams

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Alexander

Bond

Boone

Albrecht buffer

The Albrecht Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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Brown

Bureau

Calhoun

Carroll

Preston Buffer

The Preston Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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Cass

Champaign

Christian

Clark

Clay

Clinton

Coles

Cook

Crawford

Cumberland

Will Buffer

The Will's implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in Cumberland County.

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Walk Buffer

The Walk's implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in Cumberland County.

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DeKalb

DeWitt

Douglas

DuPage

Edgar

Edwards

Effingham

Brummer Buffer

A new tree buffer in Effingham County.

 

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Fayette

Bear Grove Sow Farm Buffer

The Bear Grove Sow Farm implemented a tree buffer in Fayette County.

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Ford

Sibley Farm

The Sibley Farm implemented a tree buffer in Ford County.

 

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Franklin

Greene

Grundy

Hamilton

Hancock

Hardin

Henderson

Henry

Wildermuth Buffer

The Wildermuth's implemented a tree buffer shortly after building a wean-to-finish pig barn

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Swanson Buffer

The Swanson Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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Iroquois

Jackson

Jasper

Jasper Buffer

The Briscoe-Harding Farm implemented a tree buffer on the west end of their

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Jefferson

Jersey

Jo Daviess

Johnson

Kane

Kankakee

Kendall

Knox

LaSalle

Lake

Lawrence

Lee

Livingston

Defenbaugh Farm

Defenbaugh Farm is located in Livingston County and proud to partner with the

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Logan

Macon

Macoupin

Madison

Marion

Marshall

Mason

Massac

McDonough

McKeown Buffer

The McKeon Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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McHenry

McLean

Menard

Mercer

Monroe

Montgomery

Dunkirk Buffer

The Dunkirk Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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Morgan

Moultrie

Ogle

Peoria

Basehoar Farm

The Basehoar Family implemented a tree buffer at their farm in Peoria County

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Perry

Piatt

Pike

Bay Creek 1
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Prairie Ridge

Prairie Ridge implemented a tree buffer on this pig farm in Pike County.

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21st Century Pork LLC

21st Century Pork is a farrow to wean barn located in Pike County.

 

 

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Pope

Pulaski

Putnam

Brown Buffer

The Brown's implemented a tree buffer on two sides of their pig barns

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Randolph

Schilling Buffer

The Schilling Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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East Ridge

 

 

 

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Richland

Rock Island

Saline

Sangamon

Young Buffer

The Young's implemented a tree buffer in Sangamon County. They recently planted 105 Austrees

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Schuyler

Scott

Shelby

St. Clair

Stark

Stephenson

Tazewell

Union

Vermilion

Clark Buffer

The Clark's implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in Vermilion County.

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Parks Finishing E3

Parks Finishing E3 is a wean to finish barn located in Vermillion County.

 

 

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Wabash

Warren

McEwen Farm

McEwen Farm is proud to be part of the tree buffer grant program.

 

 

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Washington

Wayne

White

Whiteside

Will

Biesterfeld Buffer

The Preston Family implemented a tree buffer on their pig farm in

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Williamson

Winnebago

Woodford

Gallatin