WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)

has streamlined the application and qualification processes for its Propane Farm

Incentive Program, which provides financial incentives to qualifying and selected

farmers who purchase propane-powered farm equipment in exchange for real-world

performance data.

 

Sponsored by PERC, the program is designed to help farmers experience the

benefits of new propane technology while helping offset the upfront costs of new

agricultural equipment and gathering valuable information for increased efficiency

and development of new equipment.

While its purpose will remain unchanged, the program’s application process has

been updated. Instead of applying online, a limited number of application packets

have been made available to equipment dealers and distributors, who in turn can

provide applications to qualifying ag producers.

The updated program will offer a limited number of incentives, including $300

per liter of fuel displacement for propane-powered irrigation engines (up to $5,000

total), $30 per kW for propane-powered generators, $3,000 for propane-powered crop

dryers, $1,500 for propane-powered flame weed control systems and up to $2,000 for

propane-powered water or building heating systems.

To qualify for an incentive, producers can work with participating equipment dealers

to purchase qualifying propane-powered equipment and complete the registration

packet and online pre-season survey. Once these steps are completed, an incentive

payment will be provided within 30 days.

For more information and for a list of qualifying equipment, visit www.propane.

com/farmincentive and for more information about propane use on the farm and the

Propane Education & Research Council, visit www.propane.com