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Joe D. Buford
Resource Conservationist
Stillwater, Oklahoma
[email protected]
405-742-1282
How To Get Started With NRCS
How To Find Your Local NRCS Office
Soil Health
Success Stories
Step-by-Step Video
What is Organic? Organic is a labeling term
for food or other agricultural products that
have been produced according to the
USDA organic regulations.
IS Organic An Option for Me?
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP) is a voluntary program that provides
financial and technical assistance to agricultural
producers through contracts up to a maximum
term of ten years in length. These contracts
provide financial assistance to help plan and
implement conservation practices that address
natural resource concerns and for opportunities
to improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and
related resources on agricultural land and nonindustrial private forestland.
Provides financial assistance to help
implement conservation practices for
organic producers and those
transitioning to organic to address
natural resource concerns
It also helps growers meet requirements
related to National Organic Program
(NOP) requirements and certain program
payment limitations.
FY 2015 signup deadline is March 20th
Helping People Help the Land
Helps producers plan and implement
seasonal high tunnels, which are steelframed, polyethylene-covered structures
that extend growing seasons in an
environmentally safe manner.
Contact your local NRCS field office for
more details regarding eligibility and
application requirements.
328 – Conservation Crop Rotation:
• Revising the crops and/or sequence of crops grown under the seasonal
high tunnel systems to address:
Pest control
Nutrient management
Market demand
Erosion control
Improve water use efficiency
340 – Cover Crop
• Seeding and management of a cover crop after the tunnel is removed to
address:
Pest control
Nutrient management
Erosion control
Manage soil moisture
362 – Diversion
• Install a diversion to divert surface water away from the seasonal high
tunnel structure.
449 – Irrigation Water Management
• Developing and implementing a plan to determine and control the
volume, frequency, and application rate of irrigation water in a planned and
efficient manner.
620 – Underground Outlet
• Installed to convey surface water to a stable outlet.
590 – Nutrient Management
• Manage the amount, source, timing, and method of application of
nutrients using the seasonal high tunnel system to address:
- Crop nutrient needs
- Change in water management system (e.g., from rainfall use to drip
irrigation)
- Minimize nutrient runoff and/or leaching
- Reduce nitrogen emissions
595 – Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Reduce the risk of pesticide runoff and/or leaching, development of an
IPM Plan
342 – Critical Area Planting
• Establish permanent vegetation to stabilize erosion prone areas.
441 – Irrigation System, Microirrigation
• Install and manage a Microirrigation system to efficiently and uniformly
apply irrigation water and maintain soil moisture for plant growth and
prevent contamination of ground and surface water by efficiently and
uniformly applying chemicals.
• The Microirrigation system may be eligible for financial assistance if the
field had a history of irrigation within 2 of the last 5 years
What is the FOTG?
Technical guides are the primary scientific
references for NRCS. They contain technical
information about the conservation of soil,
water, air, and related plant and animal
resources.
Section IV link
Highly erodible land is any land that can
erode at excessive rates because of its soil
properties. Highly erodible land is
designated by field and based on the
proportion of the total field acreage that
contains highly erodible soils.
The 2014 Farm Bill re-established the
applicability of the HELC and WC provisions
to crop insurance subsidies. The Act made
no change in HELC and WC implementation
with respect to NRCS and FSA programs.
Producers obtaining federally reinsured crop insurance will
not be eligible for any premium subsidy paid by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) for any policy
or plan of insurance if the producer:
Has not filed an accurately completed AD-1026 with FSA
certifying compliance with HELC and WC provisions; or
Is not in compliance with HELC and WC provisions. Unless
specific exemptions apply, a producer must:
Be in compliance with a NRCS-approved conservation
plan for all highly erodible land;
Not plant or produce an agricultural commodity on a
wetland converted after Feb. 7, 2014; and
Not have converted a wetland after Feb. 7, 2014, to
make possible the production of an agricultural
commodity.
Purpose is to assist eligible Agriculture
producers develop strategies to create
marketing opportunities and to develop
plans for viable marketing opportunities.
Examples of planning activities include
conducting feasibility studies and
developing business plans for processing
and marketing the proposed value-added
product.
WHAT…….Processing tomatoes for salsa
Contact:
Brian Wiles
Business & Community Programs Director
100 USDA Suite 108, Stillwater, OK 74074
Voice: (405) 742-1061
Email: [email protected]
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