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Our Mission Helping people help the land.

NRCS. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Our Mission Helping people help the land. Our Vision Productive Lands ----Healthy Environment. Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Financial Incentives for Nutrient and Pest Management. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

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Our Mission Helping people help the land.

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  1. NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service Our Mission Helping people help the land. Our Vision Productive Lands ----Healthy Environment

  2. Environmental Quality Incentives Program Financial Incentives for Nutrient and Pest Management USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service January 19, 2007

  3. How EQIP Works at the Local Level • Locally Led Process • Based on Sound Conservation Planning • For Working Lands • Not Land Retirement • Financial Assistance • Agreements with Landusers

  4. ANNUAL PROCESS – Are You Involved? Public Participation and Conservation Needs Assessment Conservation District convenes and leads local working group with partners Measure Performance Implement Plan Locally LedConservationModel Identify and Prioritize Needs USDA Programs EQIP Conservation Action Plan & Proposals Goal Setting Identify programs and funding We are here

  5. Locally LedNatural Resource Problems or Concerns These Will Vary By County • Soil tilth • Invasive plants • Water quality • Water quantity • Poor grazing • Animal health • Habitat • Air quality • Agriculture Chemicals • Nutrients • Soil compaction • Irrigation water management • Landuse conversion

  6. Conservation PlanningSolves Resource Concerns Water development Overgrazing Crossfencing Prescribed grazing Brush managementmechanicalchemicalbiological Redcedar Invasion

  7. Conservation PlanningSolves Resource Concerns Gradestabilization structure(GSS) Soil erosionsheet and rillgullyephemeral Cropland and Grasslands Diversions SedimentBasin

  8. Financial Assistance Through written agreements (contracts) with landusers - NRCS provides a share of the cost the landuser incurs in installing the conservation practices and systems that solve a specified natural resource problem.

  9. ProgramContract YadaYadaYada Good Planning Merges with Financial Assistance in an EQIP Contract Conservation Plan Participant NRCS Design and layout practicesPayment of cost-share to participantTechnical assistance Install practicesPayment of costsMaintain practices

  10. Environmental Quality Incentives Program Summary • Uses locally led process • Provides financial assistance for structural, vegetative, and management practices • Requires an EQIP plan of operations • Cost sharing may pay up to 75% of the costs of structural practices • Incentive Payments Are a Flat Rate per Acre

  11. Incentive Payments Explained • Management Practices • Not currently or previously being used by that person • Not a subsidy • Reduces Financial Risk of Adopting New Management or Technology • Viable Practice Without The Payment • High Potential of Being Continued After Payment Ends

  12. Available Incentive Payments Nutrient and Pest Management • Nutrient Management • Calibration Strips • Chemigation • Precision Sensor • Split Application of Nitrogen • Pest Management • Through Crop Systems

  13. Nutrient Management Calibration Strips DEFINITION • This is an incentive payment for the application of nutrients in a manner that minimizes the risk of leaving the field. It includes the use of nitrogen rich or ramped calibration strips in crop fields to determine split application rates for nitrogen. It includes the use of precision tools (i.e. GreenSeeker) to determine nitrogen needs as well as application tools to establish nitrogen rich strips or ramped calibration strips. • Must Meet Nutrient Management Standard

  14. Nutrient Management Calibration Strips • RATE • $5.00/acre • DOLLAR CAP • $3,200.00/year • ACRE CAP • 640 • TIME LIMIT • Up to 3 Years

  15. Nutrient Management Chemigation DEFINITION • This is an incentive payment to use improved technology for nutrient management applications to crops and grasses. Allowable when nutrients are applied through irrigation systems using chemigation valves and components. Applications must be according to the Nutrient Management standard (590) and not exceed recommended crop and grass yield requirements and not cause surface or ground water quality problems. • Must Meet Nutrient Management Standard

  16. Nutrient Management Chemigation • RATE • $8.00/acre • DOLLAR CAP • $5,120.00/year • ACRE CAP • 640 • TIME LIMIT • Up to 3 Years

  17. Nutrient Management Precision Sensor DEFINITION • This is an incentive payment to use advanced technology for nutrient management applications to crops and grasses. Includes the costs of application of nutrients (labor and equipment) using precision sensor technology (i.e. GreenSeeker) to deliver prescribed fertilizer through spray systems at variable rates across a crop or grass field, resulting in more efficient use of fertilizers according to the actual plant needs which are variable across the field. • Must Meet Nutrient Management Standard

  18. Nutrient Management Precision Sensor • RATE • $12.00/acre • DOLLAR CAP • $7,680.00/year • ACRE CAP • 640 • TIME LIMIT • Up to 3 Years

  19. Nutrient Management Split Application of Nitrogen DEFINITION • This is an incentive payment related to the methods used for nitrogen applications on the field. Application of fertilizer will be done as split applications during the growing season. No more than 75% of annual needs are applied at one time. Records will be maintained which document application rates, times, amounts, soil test results, etc. • Must Meet Nutrient Management Standard

  20. Nutrient Management Split Application of Nitrogen • RATE • $1.00/acre • DOLLAR CAP • $640.00/year • ACRE CAP • 640 • TIME LIMIT • Up to 3 Years

  21. Pest Management Through Crop Systems DEFINITION • This is an incentive payment to use crop systems that aid in the control or suppression of pests and reduce the overall use of pesticides in the field. It covers the extra costs necessary for the purchase of the crop seed technology (GMOs) and/or labor expenses associated with pest control (Organic Farming). It also includes costs for using RTK level GPS auto steer on equipment and/or auto boom control to reduce spray overlap. • Must Meet Pest Management Standard

  22. Pest Management Through Crop Systems • RATE • $10.00/acre • DOLLAR CAP • $6,400.00/year • ACRE CAP • 640 • TIME LIMIT • Up to 3 Years

  23. Examples of Other Incentive Payments That Are Available • No-Till • $15.00/acre with $19,200 Cap • Conservation Crop Rotation • $20.00/acre with $12,800 Cap • Conversion of Class IV or Worse Cropland to Grass • $10.00/acre with $6,400 Cap • Patch Burn Grazing • $5.00/acre with $6,400 Cap

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