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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Learn about the history and implementation of the CNMP development program by the USDA, the driving factors behind the need for a CNMP, government response, program delivery mechanisms, and cooperation with national, state, and local agencies.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PROGRAM OVERVIEW

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  1. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) PROGRAM OVERVIEW CNMP Development and Implementation

  2. Origin of CNMP • History of program delivery agencies and organizations • Government programs established to provide financial and technical assistance • Program delivery logistics • CNMP Development Costs and Progress Objectives/Talking Points

  3. CNMP • What is it? • What is the origin of a CNMP?

  4. What Is A CNMP? • A subset of a conservation plan unique to Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) • Combines conservation practices and management activities to address production and environmental concerns

  5. What Is A CNMP?(continued) • A plan that documents activities a landowner/operator will follow – Record of Decisions • Addresses all land units on which manure and organic by-products will be generated, handled, or applied

  6. What Factors are Driving the Need for a CNMP? • Operations are becoming larger and more geographically concentrated • Environmental concerns are being raised • Regulation is increasing • Alternative manure (byproduct) handling and treatment systems and methods are being developed

  7. Odor Concerns

  8. LAGOON SPILLS

  9. PFIESTERIA OUTBREAKS

  10. HURRICANE FLOYD

  11. Government Response • 1999 (March) – Unified National Strategy for Animal Feeding Operations – Joint report by USDA and EPA released • CNMP first defined in this document

  12. Unified National Strategy for AFOs • Established National Performance Expectation • All AFO owners and operators to develp and implement a CNMP • Defined the six elements of a CNMP • Feed Management • Manure Handling and Storage • Land Application • Land Management • Record Keeping • Other Utilization Options

  13. Counties With Excess Manure After NMPs are Implemented

  14. NUMBER OF COUNTIES WHERE MANURE NUTRIENTS EXCEED POTENTIAL CROP UPTAKE

  15. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies • USDA • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) • Farm Services Agency (FSA) • State • Government Conservation Agencies • Local/County • Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs)

  16. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies USDA - NRCS Dust Bowl – 1930s

  17. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies USDA - NRCS Dust Bowl - Results of Continued Intensive Tillage of Arid Land During an Extended Period of Drought

  18. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies USDA - NRCS • SES – Soil Erosion Service • Established September 1933 • Hugh Hammond Bennett appointed as Chief by • President Franklin D. Roosevelt • Temporary agency • Set up demonstration projects in critically • eroded areas

  19. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies USDA - NRCS • SCS – Soil Conservation Service • Established April 27, 1935 • Replaced SES • PL 74-46 – recognized that wastage of • soil and moisture resources on farm, • grazing, and forest lands is a menace • the national welfare

  20. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies USDA - NRCS • NRCS – Natural Resources Conservation Service • 1994 – Name changed to reflect broadened • scope of agency’s concerns

  21. Program Delivery Mechanism/AgenciesUSDA - FSA • FSA – Farm Services Agency • Also had its beginnings in 1933 • Resettlement Administration established 1935 • 1937 – Name changed to Farm Security Administration • 1995 – Became the Farms Services Agency • Incorporated several other USDA agencies • 2500 Field Service Centers • Locally managed by county committees

  22. Program Delivery Mechanism/Agencies SWCD • SWCD – Soil and Water Conservation Districts • Establishment proposed by Hugh Hammond Bennett • 1937 – President Roosevelt wrote a letter to all state governors recommending legislation allowing local landowners to form soil conservation districts • Nearly 3,000 conservation districts in USA • NACD – National Association of Conservation Districts • National organization formed in 1946 • Communication with national government

  23. Program Delivery Mechanism/AgenciesState Government Conservation Agencies • Department of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Resources, etc. • Provide oversight and guidance on conservation/environmental issues • Regulations • Establish programs providing financial assistance/incentives

  24. Cooperation of National, State and Local Agencies/Organizations • Conservation Partnership • Cooperative effort to: • Evaluate natural resource needs • Establish programs to address needs • Provide technical and financial assistance • Support and encourage privatelandowners/producers to adopt environmental and conservation practices

  25. USA - Units of Government

  26. Ownership & Use of U.S. Land by Categories

  27. Program Delivery Logistics • Farm Bill Programs – Conservation and Environment • Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs • Conservation Innovation Grants • Conservation Loans • Conservation Stewardship Program • Environmental Quality Incentives Program • Regional Conservation Partnership Program • Conservation Reserve Program • CRP Transition Incentives

  28. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program • Voluntary conservation program • Created by 1996 Farm Bill (P.L. 104-127) • Provides financial cost-share and technical assistance

  29. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP • Financial Assistance • Up to 75% of costs of certain practices • Up to 90% for socially disadvantaged, limited-resource, beginning, and veteran producers • 60% of EQIP funding is set aside at the national level for livestock operations • FY2002 – FY2007 – payments capped at $450,000 to single producer

  30. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP • Financial Assistance (con’t) • 2008 Farm Bill capped payment at $300,000 for any six year period • Can be raised to $450,000 for project of “special environmental significance” (determined by USDA Secretary)

  31. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP • Technical Assistance • Assistance provided by • NRCS employees – approximately 13,000 nationwide • SWCD employees – approximately 7,000 nationwide

  32. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP • Technical Assistance • Technical service providers (TSPs) – certified private consultants • TSP certified by NRCS • Producer hires and pays TSP and submits receipt to NRCS for partial reimbursement

  33. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP Contract Process • Eligibility • Applicant must be owner or operator of eligible lands in agricultural, forestry, or livestock production • Eligible lands include: • Cropland • Rangeland • Pasture • Nonindustrial private forest land • Other farm or ranchlands

  34. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP Contract Progress • Application/Participation • Farmers submit applications for EQIP contracts • Applications ranked

  35. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP Contract Process • Ranking • Applications ranked on criteria developed by both the NRCS national headquarters and NRCS State Conservationist • Ranking criteria vary from state to state based on: • Overall cost-effectiveness compared to anticipated conservation benefits • How effectively and efficiently resource concerns are addressed • Best fulfillment of EQIP program goals • Improvement of existing conservation practices at the time the contract is accepted

  36. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP Contract Process • Application/Participation 3. Applications selected and funds set aside • NRCS and SWCD technical personnel/TSPs develop details of contract • Address producer’s concerns • Create an acceptable Resource Management System (RMS) • CNMP will be part of the RMS for all livestock facilities

  37. Program Delivery Logistics • EQIP Contract Process • Application/Participation • Producer signs contract committing funds • Length of contract varies • Up to 10 years • Typically 1 – 3 years 6. Contract is implemented with appropriate technical assistance

  38. Historic and Projected EQIP Allocations Source: Choices Magazine Online, 2nd qtr 2014, “Conservation and the Agricultural Act of 2014”

  39. United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service June 2003 Costs Associated with Development and Implementation of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans Part I—Nutrient Management, Land Treatment, Manure and Wastewater Handling and Storage, and Recordkeeping

  40. Average Development Cost (Technical Assistance)(149 hours per CNMP)

  41. CNMP PreparationNo. and Cost (EQIP Funding) • Total Number of Plans Prepared – 8,015 • Total EQIP Cost of All Plans - $31,759,700 • Average EQIP Cost/Plan – approximately $4,000

  42. Costs By Operation Size

  43. Annual Average Implementation Costs, by Livestock Type

  44. Primary CNMP Practice Implementation Costs • Practices included • 312 Waste Management System • 313 Waste Storage Structure • 316 Animal Mortality Facility • 317 Composting Facility • 367 Waste Facility Cover • 633 Waste Utilization • 634 Manure Transfer • 635 Wastewater Treatment • 784 Wastewater and Feedlot Runoff Control Total EQIP Funds Utilized 2003 – 2012 $548,000,000

  45. Questions

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