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NRCS Conservation Programs
in Nebraska
Brad SoncksenAssistant State Conservationist for
ProgramsLincoln, NE
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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Conservation Programs
• FY2013 Program Review• FY2014 Program Discussion
FY14 Fund PoolsSub Committee Recommendations Practice Payment Schedule
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Conservation Programs
• Stewardship • Easement • Land Treatment
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STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS
Conservation Security Program
Conservation Stewardship Program
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Conservation Security Program
CSP from 2004 - 2008
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Conservation Security Program
• 4 signups in 24 NE counties • Total Contracts = 2021• Current Active contracts = 765• 5 – 10 year contracts• Acres in Active Contracts =
552,877• FY13 Payments = $5,154,927 6
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Conservation Stewardship Program
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Created by 2008 Farm Bill
• Replaced the Conservation Security Program of Prior Years
• Authorizes 12,796,000 Acres/Year Enrollment Through 2017
• Managed to achieve a National average rate of $18/acre
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Conservation Stewardship Program• Total Contracts = 2083• Total Acres = 3,991,787• FY2013 Payments = $42,488,296• Projected new 2013 contracts = 425• Projected new 2013 Acres = 900,000
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Cherry
Holt
Custer
Sioux
Lincoln
Sheridan
Garden
Morrill
Knox
Keith
Dawes
RockBrown
Gage
Chase
Hall
Dundy
Grant
Buffalo
Clay
York
Kimball
Otoe
Dawson
Cedar
Frontier
PerkinsCass
Platte
Cheyenne
Burt
Hayes
Blaine Loup
Arthur
Box Butte
Boyd
Boone
Polk
Furnas
Banner
Hooker
Butler
Valley
Antelope
Saline
Pierce
Logan
Thomas
Lancaster
Harlan
Dixon
Dodge
Adams
Thayer
Phelps
Saunders
McPherson
Seward
Deuel
Cuming
Greeley
Keya Paha
Hitchcock
Howard
Garfield
Franklin
Fillmore
Nance
Webster Nuckolls
MadisonWheeler
Colfax
Merrick
Wayne
Gosper
Scotts Bluff
Red Willow
Sherman
Kearney
Jefferson
Hamilton
Pawnee
Stanton
Richardson
NemahaJohnson
Thurston
Sarpy
Douglas
Dakota
Washington
121,945
83,426
123,461 549,237
19,822 18,348
38,98234,601
6,983 2,830
58,8682,173
40,3962,920
9,27713,845 8,575
8,9889,073 63,386
72,593
189,050 118,346
46,583
112,481 114,320 133,668 70,620 16,375 14,126 25,4899,002
78,2934,60632,397 104,854 92,496
34,135
7,469 3,273 14,670 9,934 24,1761,104
80,32646,445 4,942
17,862
83,977
19,310 2713,413 8,320
20,494
969238
1,100
2,300
7,87828,771
55,920 5,955 8,081 8,94811,803 6,185
49,845
81,447 39,384 25,75839,472
91,176 119,132 7,37541,580 9,993 11,820 28,391
59,89043,167
8,36622,611 8,415 26,699 137,089 17,120 17,120 15,357 48,986 11,822 27,652
8,315 23,098
Conservation Stewardship ProgramAll Acres
Natural ResourcesConservation Service Map Date: 9/2012
By: K. Klenke
Acres
189,051 - 549,23734,602 - 63,386
63,387 - 104,854
104,855 - 189,050
238 - 6,983
6,984 - 18,348
18,349 - 34,601
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Cherry
Holt
Custer
Sioux
Lincoln
Sheridan
Garden
Morrill
Knox
Keith
Dawes
RockBrown
Gage
Chase
Hall
Dundy
Grant
Buffalo
Clay
York
Kimball
Otoe
Dawson
Cedar
Frontier
PerkinsCass
Platte
Cheyenne
Burt
Hayes
Blaine Loup
Arthur
Box Butte
Boyd
Boone
Polk
Furnas
Banner
Hooker
Butler
Valley
Antelope
Saline
Pierce
Logan
Thomas
Lancaster
Harlan
Dixon
Dodge
Adams
Thayer
Phelps
Saunders
McPherson
Seward
Deuel
Cuming
Greeley
Keya Paha
Hitchcock
Howard
Garfield
Franklin
Fillmore
Nance
Webster Nuckolls
MadisonWheeler
Colfax
Merrick
Wayne
Gosper
Scotts Bluff
Red Willow
Sherman
Kearney
Jefferson
Hamilton
Pawnee
Stanton
Richardson
NemahaJohnson
Thurston
Sarpy
Douglas
Dakota
Washington
25
34
32 97
5 8
1710
15 7
65
13 4
1322 13
187 11
2034 34
9
28 31 42 16 24 20 2713
2171 21 13
18
4 6 25 12 23 13020 9
7
1627 52 7
131
31
7
1117 36
8 5 2212 1659
26 15 12 5465 121 635 15 19 57
7585
1611 9 16 78 11 11 26 55 23 37
19 40
Conservation Stewardship ProgramAll Active Contracts
Natural ResourcesConservation Service Map Date: 9/2012
By: K. Klenke
Contracts
1 - 11 12 - 24 25 - 42 43 - 121
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Cherry
Holt
Custer
Sioux
Lincoln
Sheridan
Garden
Morrill
Knox
Keith
Dawes
RockBrown
Gage
Chase
Hall
Dundy
Grant
Buffalo
Clay
York
Kimball
Otoe
Dawson
Cedar
Frontier
PerkinsCass
Platte
Cheyenne
Burt
Hayes
Blaine Loup
Arthur
Box Butte
Boyd
Boone
Polk
Furnas
Banner
Hooker
Butler
Valley
Antelope
Saline
Pierce
Logan
Thomas
Lancaster
Harlan
Dixon
Dodge
Adams
Thayer
Phelps
Saunders
McPherson
Seward
Deuel
Cuming
Greeley
Keya Paha
Hitchcock
Howard
Garfield
Franklin
Fillmore
Nance
Webster Nuckolls
MadisonWheeler
Colfax
Merrick
Wayne
Gosper
Scotts Bluff
Red Willow
Sherman
Kearney
Jefferson
Hamilton
Pawnee
Stanton
Richardson
NemahaJohnson
Thurston
Sarpy
Douglas
Dakota
Washington
Area 1212
703,641 Acres
Area 2405
1,597,164 Acres
Area 5164
564,671 AcresArea 3604
673,507 Acres
Area 4698
452,801 Acres
Date: September 2012By: K. Klenke
Conservation Stewardship ProgramsContracts and Acres through 2012 by Ranking Areas
Natural ResourcesConservation Service
Ranking Areas: Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5
2,083 ContractsTotal 3,991,784 Acres
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Cherry
Holt
Custer
Sioux
Lincoln
Sheridan
Garden
Morrill
Knox
Keith
Dawes
RockBrown
Gage
Chase
Hall
Dundy
Grant
Buffalo
Clay
York
Kimball
Otoe
Dawson
Cedar
Frontier
PerkinsCass
Platte
Cheyenne
Burt
Hayes
Blaine Loup
Arthur
Box Butte
Boyd
Boone
Polk
Furnas
Banner
Hooker
Butler
Valley
Antelope
Saline
Pierce
Logan
Thomas
Lancaster
Harlan
Dixon
Dodge
Adams
Thayer
Phelps
Saunders
McPherson
Seward
Deuel
Cuming
Greeley
Keya Paha
Hitchcock
Howard
Garfield
Franklin
Fillmore
Nance
Webster Nuckolls
MadisonWheeler
Colfax
Merrick
Wayne
Gosper
Scotts Bluff
Red Willow
Sherman
Kearney
Jefferson
Hamilton
Pawnee
Stanton
Richardson
NemahaJohnson
Thurston
Sarpy
Douglas
Dakota
Washington
$569,302
$699,272
$948,808$3,081,486
$147,651 $119,172
$304,285$316,026
$73,734 $34,352
$216,238
$44,006
$386,540$49,368
$214,512$251,567 $170,
410
$272,386$102,331
$394,221
$451,555
$1,032,526 $841,235
$242,330
$854,741 $606,368 $990,225 $474,489 $371,304 $267,912
$524,455$167,046
$598,921$147,828$40,000 $496,154 $470,643
$478,560
$82,850 $45,514 $346,537 $202,775
$511,598 $15,305
$897,908$457,089 $101,518
$132,182
$283,114$359,419 $5,098
$36,390 $136,096
$542,125
$17,052$7,551
$18,754
$52,201
$227,829$384,077
$972,395$60,858 $79,067 $216,031$274,075 $123,984
$257,959
$656,822 $370,603 $259,004$712,498$1,
360,331
$2,983,984 $175,630
$1,104,416 $203,281 $265,711 $650,901
$1,323,766
$973,953
$152,266
$172,650 $148,736 $398,922 $1,724,420 $427,621 $259,715 $264,805 $1,204,244 $301,946 $421,050
$131,227 $366,348
Conservation Stewardship ProgramAnnual Contract Payments per County
Natural ResourcesConservation Service Map Date: 9/2012
By: K. Klenke
Payments
$5,098.00 - $316,026.00 $316,026.01 - $712,498.00 $712,498.01 - $1,724,420.00 $1,724,420.01 - $3,081,486.00
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Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
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• WRP FY2013– 18 apps received
>60 pts.– 3,105 acres – 3,027 acre
enrollment cap– $7.7 million initial
allocation
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• WRP FY2013– 16 Funded– 2,808 acres
• 161 RWB WREP – $ 4.6 million
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Grasslands Reserve Program
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Farm and Ranch LandsProtection Program
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FRPP Fiscal Year 2013• Current list of entities utilizing
FRPP:– Nebraska Land Trust– The Nature Conservancy– The Sandhills Task Force– Northern Prairies Land Trust
• FY2013 Allocation = $900,000• FY2013 Enrollment = (2) 3977
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FY2014 Subcommittee Recommendations - Easements• Handout
Meeting Minutes Ranking Worksheets: WRP, GRP, FRPP
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Wildlife Habitat IncentivesProgram (WHIP)
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WHIP Fiscal Year 2013• Working Lands For Wildlife
– No Nebraska species approved in 2013– FY13 Proposal:
• Bob White Quail: Harlan, Howard, Furnas
• Greater Prairie Chicken: Knox, Antelope, Wheeler, Holt, Pawnee, Johnson, Nemaha
• Black Footed Ferret23
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EQIP Fund Allocation in 2013
General• $ 29,924,018
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. EQIP Fund Obligations in 2013– State SI (contracts) (obligation)
•Frenchman 3 $ 87,210• Tribal 2 $ 84,163
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. EQIP Fund Obligations in 2013
– National Initiatives (contracts and obligation)
•NWQI 23 $ 242,344–4 watersheds: Conestoga Lake, Cottonwood, Cub Creek, Big Indian
•Organic 9 $ 179,029•Energy 0 $ 0•High Tunnel 22 $ 120,130•Ogallala SI 80 $ 4,448,174•CAP-CNMP 21 $ 182,955
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AWEP - CCPI Fund Allocations in 2013
Partnership• AWEP $ 3.7 million• CCPI $ 72,000
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AWEP Practices - 2013
• 10 SDI systems on 640 acres• 27 Sprinkler Conversions on 2114 acres• 69 IWM contracts on 37,445 acres• 9 Nutrient Mgmt. contracts on 6,512 acres
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AWEP Partnership Agreements
FY2012 & FY2013• No RFP
FY2011 – Expire 2015• Upper Republican NRD
FY2010 – Expire 2014• Lower Republican NRD• Ogallala – Platte River Recovery• Upper Big Blue NRD
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AWEP Partnership Agreements
FY2009 • Middle Republican NRD – Expire 2013• Central NE Public Power and Irrigation
District – Expire 2013• Little Blue NRD (Expired)• Lower Big Blue NRD (Expired)• Lower Platte North NRD – Expire 2013
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Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
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2013 Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative - Nebraska• 2 Projects in FY2013
–Shelterbelt - $72,000 – 40 AppsAugust 14 app cutoffSeptember 13 contract approval
–Riparian Forest Buffer - $0
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EQIP 2013 Practices
• Waste Storage Facilities
• Grazing Management• Ponds• Pipelines • Fence
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EQIP 2013 Practices
Brush Management
Prescribed Burn
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EQIP 2013 Practices
SDI Systems Sprinkler Systems IWM
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EQIP 2013 Practices• Terraces • Diversions • Grade Stabs • Waterways • Underground Outlet • No till • Windbreak/Shelterbelt
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EQIP 2013 Practices Seasonal High
Tunnels Nutrient Mgmt Pest Mgmt Cover Crops Organic
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EQIP 2013 Practices
• 19 Waste Storage Facilities• 9 Ponds• 1.3 million ft of Fence• 571 Tanks• 87 Micro irrigation contracts on 5,153 Acres • 49 Sprinkler Conversions on 16,597 Acres• 164 IWM contracts - 113,715 Acres• 52 Nutrient Mgmt. contracts – 38,808 Acres
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EQIP 2013 Practices
• 2.2 million ft of pipelines – 254 contracts• 1.6 million ft. of terraces - 146 contracts• 13,054 acres of Brush mg.t – 127 contracts• 6 Grade Stabilization structures • 644,253 ft. windbrk/shelterblt–121 contracts• 22 High Tunnels
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FY2013 Program Obligations• EQIP = $29.9 million• AWEP = $ 3.7 million• WHIP = $ 0• WRP/WREP = $4.6 million• FRPP = $ 900,000• CSP = $5.1 million• CStP = $8.6 million
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FY2014 EQIP Signup
• FY2014 Application Cutoff (Tentative)• First: October 18, 2013• Second: January 2014
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EQIP Fund Pools FY2014• Special Initiatives – State &
NationalOgallala Aquifer InitiativeOrganic InitiativeHigh TunnelEnergyNational Water Quality InitiativeTribalWorking Lands for Wildlife (?NE) 43
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EQIP Fund Pools FY2014
• 9 Priority Resource Concerns– 4 Local– 5 Statewide
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SOIL EROSION: Sheet and Rill, Ephemeral, Wind - Local
• 329 – Residue Management, No-Till• 340 – Cover Crop (erosion control)• 410 –Grade Stabilization Structure• 412 – Grassed Waterway• 362 – Diversion• 600 – Terrace• 620 – Underground Outlet• 638 – Water and Sediment Control Basin45
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EXCESS/INSUFFICIENT WATER: Irrigation - Local
• 328 – Conservation Crop Rotation• 430 – Irrigation Water Conveyance• 441 – Micro Irrigation• 442 – Irrigation Systems – Sprinkler• 443 – Irrigation system – Surface &
Sub• 449 – Irrigation Water Management• 533 – Pumping Plant – Irrigation
related
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DEGRADED PLANT CONDITION: Plant Productivity, Invasive - Local• 314 – Brush Management• 338 – Prescribed Burning• 382 – Fence• 472 – Access Control
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LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIMITATION: Inadequate Forage, Water, shelter - Local• 378 – Pond• 380 – Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment• 512 – Forage and Biomass Planting• 516 – Pipeline• 528 – Prescribed Grazing• 533 – Pumping Plant – Livestock related• 550 – Range Planting• 614 – Water Facility• 642 – Water Well• 650 – Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 48
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WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION: Excess Nutrients, Pathogens/Chemicals, Sediment – State (slide 1 of 2)• 313 – Waste Storage Facility• 316 – Animal Mortality Facility• 350 – Sediment Basin• 351 – Well Decommissioning• 359 – Waste Treatment Lagoon• 360 – Closure of Waste Impoundment• 386 – Field Border• 393 – Filter Strip• 521 – Pond Sealing or Lining 49
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WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION: Excess Nutrients, Pathogens/Chemicals, Sediment – State (slide 2 of 2)• 578 – Stream Crossing• 590 – Nutrient Management• 595 – Integrated Pest Management• 632 – Solid – Liquid Waste Separation• 633 – Waste Utilization• 634 – Waste Transfer• 635 – Vegetated Treatment Area
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SOIL QUALITY DEGRADATION: Organic Matter, Compaction - State
• 340 – Cover Crop (when primary purpose is overall soil quality effects)
• 329 – Residue and Tillage Management, No Till
• 511 – Forage Harvest Management51
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INADEQUATE HABITAT for FISH and WILDLIFE: Habitat Degradation – State (slide 1 of 2)• 390 – Riparian Herbaceous Cover• 391 – Riparian Forest Buffer• 612 – Tree/Shrub Establishment• 643 – Restoration and
Management of Rare and Declining Habitats
• 644 – Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management
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INADEQUATE HABITAT for FISH and WILDLIFE: Habitat Degradation – State (slide 2 of 2)•645 – Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgmt.•646 – Shallow Water Development•657 – Wetland Restoration•659 – Wetland Enhancement•666 – Forest Stand Improvement
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INEFFICIENT ENERGY USE: Field, Farmstead - State
• 372 – Combustion System Improvement
• 374 – Farmstead Energy Improvement
• 533 - Pumping Plant
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AIR QUALITY: GHG’s, Dust, Odor - State
• 366 – Anaerobic Digester
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EQIP - Sub Committee Recommendations – FY14 • Implement Ranking Threshold Score• Implement Practice Payment Cap• Add small grain scenario – PPS process• Add dry hydrant practice – PPS process
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EQIP - Sub Committee Recommendations – FY14• Revise payment rates – PPS process
Reduce Livestock pipeline Reduce Mulch for Trees Increase Forest Stand
Improvement Increase Access Control Increase Prescribed Burning Increase Pit Fill
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EQIP - Sub Committee Recommendations – FY14
• Revise OAI priority Areas• Implement State WQI to supplement NWQI• Implement Forestry SI• Allow new pumping plants in existing well
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Threshold Score – FY14
• Applications in the 1st sign up period will be approved to a score which is 50% - 75% of the maximum attainable score.
Recommendation - Support
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Practice Payment Cap
• Limit the payment amount for a practice
• Fixed amount regardless of participant cost
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Practice Payment Cap
• $100,000 limit per practice within a contract• Nutrient Management• Brush Management• Cover Crops • Small Grain Scenario (if approved)
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FY2014 Subcommittee Recommendations - EQIP• Handout
Meeting Minutes State Water Quality Initiative Ranking Questions FY14 EQIP Fund Allocation
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Ogallala Aquifer Initiative
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Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Lea
Cherry
Eddy
Chaves
Weld
Union
Albany
Holt
Quay
Baca
Converse
Yuma
Las Animas
Custer
Sioux
Platte
Lincoln
Lincoln
Texas
Larimer
Laramie
Bent
Tripp
Ellis
Elbert
Niobrara
Logan
Kiowa
Goshen
Todd
Guadalupe
De Baca
Sheridan
Harding
Beaver
Curry
Roosevelt
Reno
Ford
Shannon
Garden
Ellis
Morrill
Knox
Ness
Hale
Gaines
Keith
Dallam
Washington
Gove
Dawes
Rock
Kit Carson
Jackson
Prowers
Hartley
Cimarron
Gray
Finney
Clark
Oldham
Brown
Lynn
Gray
FloydLamb
Cheyenne Logan
Terry
Andrews
Rice
Barber
Gage
Mellette
Trego
Smith
Garza
Pratt
Potter
Sumner
Bennett
Harper
Jewell
Motley
Rooks
Lane
Dewey
Meade
Ector
Chase
Hall
Moore
Rush
Martin
Dundy
Scott
Grant
Rawlins
Castro
Marion
Buffalo
Bailey
Clay
Barton
Donley
Thomas
Deaf Smith
Carson
Crosby
York
Gregory
Kimball
PhillipsNorton
Dawson
Cedar
Borden
Kearny
Frontier
Randall
BriscoeParmer
Perkins
Platte
Kiowa
Cheyenne
Roberts
Wallace
Burt
Sherman
Blaine
Hayes
Harper
Dickens
Howard
Woodward
Loup
Hockley
Swisher
Graham
Decatur
Arthur
Dawson
Hamilton
Wheeler
Box Butte
Boyd
Boone
Lubbock
Polk
Sedgwick
Furnas
Banner
Roger Mills
Hemphill
Grant
Sherman
Cheyenne
Morton
Ochiltree
Greeley
Winkler
Hansford
Sheridan
Hooker
Yoakum
Stafford
Phillips
Lipscomb
Beckham
Kingman
Butler
Valley
Pawnee
Wichita
Saline
Pierce
Cochran
Logan
Stevens
Midland
Thomas
Harlan
Stanton
Seward
Republic
Dodge
Adams
Thayer
Phelps
Saunders
Haskell
Ellsworth
Hodgeman
McPherson
Seward
Harvey
Deuel
Cuming
Greeley
Keya Paha
Howard
Hitchcock
Garfield
Edwards
Franklin
Fillmore
Nance
Glasscock
WayneScotts Bluff
Sedgwick
Antelope
Armstrong
Dixon
McPherson
Hutchinson
Comanche
WebsterNuckolls
MadisonWheeler
Collingsworth
Colfax
Merrick
Gosper
Red Willow
Sherman
Kearney
Jefferson
Hamilton
Stanton
Thurston
Sarpy
Douglas
Washington
Ogallala Aquifer InitiativeStates & Counties
Map Date: December 2010By: K. Klenke
Natural ResourcesConservation Service
Ogallala Aquifer
0 50 10025
Miles
/
State Boundary County Boundary
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Ogallala Initiative by NRCS Administrative Area
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PRACTICE PAYMENT SCHEDULE
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Practice Payment Schedule
• Prior to the 2008 Farm Bill - cost-share payments as a percentage of the actual costs
• Incentive payments for EQIP management practices were also made.
• Actual costs had to be documented by producer receipts and invoices.
• Collecting invoices and receipts necessary to administer cost-share payments
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The 2008 Farm Bill eliminated the authority to make program payments using “cost-share”
Cost-Share
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The OLD Authority & Methodology
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Practice Payment Schedule• Ensure all conservation payments are
WTO/NAFTA green box compliant
• Ensure that the cost basis is adequately documented, to substantiate exclusion for AGI
• Reduce customer uncertainty about program payments
• Change from “Paying to implement a practice” to “Paying to obtain an environmental/social benefit”
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Pay Rate Specifics• Payments are based on the costs of
applying a typical conservation practice.
• Practice payments no longer based on contract holder’s actual costs and receipts.
• Traditional cost share process is replaced with concept of program participant compensation– Incentive Payments Not Allowed– Based On “Actual Cost Incurred”
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Economic Regions
Sothern Mtn.
Northern Mtn.
Southern Plains
Northern Plains
PacificLake States
Corn Belt
Delta States
Southeast
Appalachian
Mid
Atlantic
1New England
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Practice Cost Data
• Example Cost List Data Sources– Contract Receipts, Vendors,
Contractors, Agricultural Suppliers, Conservation Partners, Cost Databases, Agricultural Statistics
– Cost estimating models or tools (RS Means)
– Other reliable sources
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Practice Cost Data
• The Cost List contains a fixed list of cost categories:– Materials– Equipment– Labor– Mobilization– Operation & Maintenance– Acquisition of Technical Knowledge and
Management– Forgone Income– Risk– Administration & Permit Costs
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Example: Practice Payment Rate Development Methodology (382-Fence)
EQIP WHIP EQIPWHIP
Cost Category Cost/Unit Pmt % Pmt % PPR PPRMaterials $ 0.84 65% 50% $0.55 $0.42Equipment/Installation $ 0.00 65% 50% $0.00
$0.00Labor $ 0.00 65% 50% $0.00
$0.00Mobilization $ 0.04 65% 50% $0.03
$0.02Oper. & Maint. $ 0.01 0% 0% $0.00
$0.00Tech Knowledge $ 0.00 0% 0% $0.00 $0.00Forgone Income $ 0.00 0% 0% $0.00
$0.00Risk $ 0.00 0% 0% $0.00
$0.00Admin & Permit Costs $ 0.00 0% 0% $0.00
$0.00Total: $ 0.89
$0.57 $0.44
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Practice Payment Schedule
Advantages; • More consistent payment rates.• Consistent, reliable, and defendable method of creating estimated incurred costs.• Flexibility to account for cost variation. • Use established economic region alignment of states based on farm employment data and crop cost and returns.• Consistency with definition, purpose, and technical requirements of conservation practice standards.
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Questions?
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