FEATURED CROP PROFILE
Corn & soybeans
Use Illinois soil-test guidance with the actual laboratory method and field conditions; crop removal is a separate calculation.
PRELIMINARY SCREENING OPENIllinois
Illinois
fertility asset recovery.
Illinois screening is open in the controlled preliminary workflow. Well-documented acquired cropland can support a disciplined review of nutrients, lime, and historical management.
FARMING IN ILLINOIS
Local crops.
A property-specific opportunity.
Corn, soybeans, wheat and hay.
PRIORITY PROPERTIES FOR REVIEW
Where we would start
Acquired corn and soybean ground with reliable fertilizer history, soil tests and parcel records. Reconcile manure, amendments and multiple nutrient products to avoid double counting.
Crop context: USDA NASS state overview. Review priorities are Ash & Acre screening judgments, not USDA recommendations or eligibility rankings.
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Open for screening.
Evidence controls the outcome.
Every Ash & Acre state uses the same public standard. We can begin the preliminary work; parcel-specific agronomy and the client’s tax professional remain required for any final position.
The state workflow is open for property facts, acquisition review, preliminary modeling, and case coordination.
A full evidence track commonly takes 4–8 weeks after engagement, depending on records, sampling, lab timing, agronomy, and tax review.
Eligible acreage, established fertilization, acquisition evidence, and parcel-specific soil support usually create a stronger reason to investigate.
ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROFILES
Where the first look
may be most worthwhile.
These are screening priorities—not promises of qualification or deduction size. The property’s facts, evidence, and professional review determine whether an opportunity is supportable.
Corn ground
High-production acreage with soil testing, nutrient programs, and identifiable field history.
Corn-soy rotations
Large tracts where phosphorus, potassium, lime, and crop-specific nitrogen are analyzed separately.
Wheat & double-crop systems
Fields with well-documented rotations, fertilizer inputs, and crop removals.
Specialty & vegetable acreage
Intensively managed fields with detailed nutrient and acquisition records.
What can support a larger potential opportunity?
More eligible acquired acres, an established nutrient-intensive history, repeated fertilizer or amendment applications, reliable records, and parcel-specific evidence can all matter. The state name or crop label alone does not determine a deduction.
EVIDENCE TO GATHER
Build the file
around the land.
Rotations, yield and fertility history, manure and lime records, soil tests, field maps, acquisition support, and Illinois agronomy.
STATE-SPECIFIC WATCHOUT
Soybean nitrogen, nutrient credits, manure, and lime chemistry require careful separation. A statewide average is not a parcel conclusion.
Final tax basis, recovery method, timing, filing amount, and tax effect remain decisions for the client’s qualified tax professional.PUBLIC AGRONOMIC REFERENCEUniversity of Illinois Extension — Agronomics of N, P & K ↗
AGRICULTURAL CONTEXTUSDA NASS Illinois overview ↗
Public references provide context. Ash & Acre does not apply an automatic state or county multiplier, and public averages do not replace parcel evidence.
ILLINOIS PROPERTY?
Bring us what you know.
Approximate acquired acres, acquisition timing, historical agricultural use, irrigation, fertilizer history, and any seller or field records are enough to start.
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We will begin with an initial fit check and explain what would be needed next.
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