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Honey Creek Targeted Watershed

Honey Creek Targeted Watershed. Stratified Soil Sampling & Best Management Practices. Honey Creek Targeted Watershed. Reduce Export of Total Phosphorus and Dissolved Phosphorus Reduce the amount of time Nitrate Concentrations exceed drinking water standards

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Honey Creek Targeted Watershed

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  1. Honey Creek Targeted Watershed Stratified Soil Sampling & Best Management Practices

  2. Honey Creek Targeted Watershed

  3. Reduce Export of Total Phosphorus and Dissolved Phosphorus • Reduce the amount of time Nitrate Concentrations exceed drinking water standards • Reverse the upward trend of stream flashiness Goals and Objectives

  4. US EPA Grant • 5 year duration • $900,000 • Target the worst first • Practice payments up to $60/acre Honey Creek Targeted Watershed

  5. Advisory Committee

  6. Predominate Slope A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 • Surface Phosphorus Levels >60lb/ac = 1, >90lb/ac=2, >120lb/ac = 3, >180lb/ac = 4 • Proximity to a Water Course > 2640 ft = 1, 1320-2640 ft = 2, <1320 ft = 3 Total = ______ 6 Ranking Criteria

  7. Level6 7 8 9 Cover Crop $20 $25 $30 $35 Wheat Crop $25 $30 $35 $40 Hay Planting $30 $40 $50 $60 P Injection $15 $20 $25 $30 Zero P $10 $20 $30 $40 Plow Once $10 $20 $30 $40 Payment Levels

  8. Recently added incentives • Nitrogen Stabilizers (Instinct, Agrotain Plus, ESN, SuperU, Nutrisphere, etc. • Grid Soil Sampling when used with Variable Rate Application • Water Control Structures Honey Creek Grant

  9. Honey Creek Participation 2008

  10. Honey Creek Participation 2010

  11. Honey Creek Participation 2012

  12. Participation Acres and Dollars

  13. proposed annual cost incentive payments for the duration of grant The most utilized practices

  14. **The plow once system was never utilized proposed annual cost incentive payments for the duration of grant Least utilized practices

  15. Grant ends December 2013 • Roughly $40,000 remain for this year • Priority will be cover crop and P injection

  16. Winter Cover in 2012

  17. Questions?

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