OUR GOAL:

Help you improve your efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

You know your operation the best. We want to partner with you to find the practices and incentive programs to advance your goals. With our flexible programs, you have control of management decisions, and our team provides educational resources and technical assistance along the way.

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A Producer-Centric Approach to Sustainability

Impartial Advisors

After you sign up, one of our advisors will contact you to understand more about your operation so that we can deliver solutions that advance your goals.

Technical Assistance

We work one-on-one to understand your operational realities and goals, providing the information and assistance needed to help you succeed.

Practical Programs

AgSpire designs voluntary incentive programs that deliver real value for farmers and ranchers. Members of our network have the first access to new enrollment opportunities.

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Have you participated in a government, NGO, or private-market cost-share, incentive, or carbon credit program?

Historically Underserved

To help match you with program opportunities, please select any of the following that apply, or select unsure:

Historically Underserved, includes:

Limited Resource Farmer or Rancher: With direct or indirect gross farm sales not more than the current indexed value in each of the previous two years and who has a total household income at or below the national poverty level for a family or four, or less than 50 percent of county median household income in each of the previous two years.
Socially Disadvantaged Farmer of Rancher: Individual or entity who is a member of a group whose members have been subject to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities, which may include: American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Asians, Blacks or African Americans, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, Hispanics. For an entity, at least 50 percent ownership must be held by socially disadvantaged individuals
Beginning Farmer or Rancher: Has not operated a farm or ranch, or who has operated a farm or ranch for no more than 10 consecutive years and who will materially and substantially participate in the operation of the farm or ranch.
Female Farmer or Rancher: at least 50% female ownership
Veteran Farmer or Rancher: Served in the United Sates Military and was released from service under conditions other than dishonorable and has not operated a farm or ranch, or has operated a farm or ranch for no more than 10 years
Small Producers: Generally those with less than $350,00 in annual gross cash farm income

Featured Programs

Ranching for the Future

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Grass is Greener

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Covering America from Coast to Coast

Advancing soil health practices for oats, rye, flax, buckwheat, and winter camelina. Learn more >>>

Technical Expertise

At AgSpire, we have assembled a team with diverse expertise in ag to deliver holistic value to you and your operation. Including livestock and grazing specialists, agronomists, and certified Technical Service Providers – our team is here to help you unlock the full benefit of regenerative and conservation practices.

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Meet Some of Our Advisors

Producer Advisor

Technical Advisor, Herd Management

Technical Advisor, Regenerative Agriculture Systems

Senior Conservation Agronomist

Senior Conservation Agronomist

Derek Ver Helst

Derek is passionate about conservation and natural ecosystems – a passion he uses to guide his work as Senior Conservation Agronomist at AgSpire. He has a deep respect for mother nature and the symbiosis organisms have with one another in the environment. In his work, Derek seeks to harness these natural relationships for crop production so that environmental impacts can be mitigated while still producing high quality commodities for the growing world’s population.

Prior to joining AgSpire, Derek spent more than 15 years working with landowners and corporations to design, manage, and validate research trials, maximizing short- and long-term crop outputs. Always eager to learn, he is continuously expanding his knowledge of soil health, chemistry, biology, technical advancements in crop production and integrated pest management (IPM).

Derek holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from South Dakota State University and a master’s degree in Agronomy from Iowa State University. He is a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA), Technical Service Provider (TSP) for the NRCS, and is also a small business owner.

In his spare time, Derek enjoys the outdoors, coaching youth sports, and spending time with his family.

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