The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking bids for agricultural farming services on State owned property located within Clinton Lake State Recreation Area. See attached Invitation for Bid (IFB) for detailed locations and acreage information.
Pre-Bid Conference: Non-Mandatory Attendance Pre-Bid Meeting will be held October 22, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Clinton Lake State Recreation Area site office located at 7251 Ranger Road, DeWitt, IL 61735, IL 60912 OR by phone at (312)535-8110 Access code: 2865 814 4164
The lessee personally farms designated fields at Clinton Lake State Recreation Area under the Attachment B cropping plan for 2027 through 2032, growing corn, soybeans, corn with cereal rye cover crop, wheat, sunflowers and millet as specified by field and year, planting Clearfield sunflowers and applying Beyond herbicide, maintaining soil fertility to minimum test levels, controlling weeds and pests with prior approval, avoiding fall tillage and Dicamba and neonicotinoids, providing all labor, machinery, seed, fertilizer, equipment and insurance, submitting chemical, fertilizer, seed and yield monitor records with receipts by December 15 each year, paying half the annual rent by July 15 and the balance by December 15, and performing approved additional services that may be credited against rent at University of Illinois or Iowa State custom rates.
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