Farmers interested in conservation programs through the USDA will see expanded and updated choices for A recently announced partnership with Farmers for Soil Health will expand incentives for farmers utilizing cover crops. Along with this partnership, a targeted Cover Crop Initiative will be rolled out in 11 states. We look forward to our partnership with NRCS, working to expand adoption of cover crop practices to help our farmers meet our sustainability goals.
Sign-up dates will be determined on the state level, with final applications for funding selected by February These contracts offer annual incentive payments to implement management practices, evaluate conservation, and monitor activities affecting natural resource concerns in high-priority areas. Piloted in four states in , Conservation Incentive Contracts last five years.
Under the new act, RCPP will function as a standalone program, rather than through covered programs. Conservation Compliance makes soil and wetland conservation conditions of eligibility for most USDA farm program benefits.
Compliance, which explicitly links environmental and farm income objectives, can leverage farm program payments for environmental gain, but may not reach every producer not all farmers receive income support or other payments.
Under highly erodible land conservation provisions often referred to as "sodbuster" , farmers who crop highly erodible land must apply an approved soil conservation system or risk becoming ineligible for nearly all agriculture-related farm program benefits, including farm commodity programs, crop insurance premium subsidies, conservation programs, disaster assistance, farm loan programs, and other benefits.
Under wetland conservation provisions often referred to as "swampbuster" , producers must refrain from draining wetlands or face the loss of farm program benefits. For producers who choose to till native sod that has not been previously tilled whether or not it is highly erodible land , the "sodsaver" provision reduces crop insurance premium subsidies and limits the yield or revenue guarantee available during the first 4 years of crop production.
There are also imitations that apply to noninsured crop disaster assistance. Unlike sodbuster or sodsaver, these limitations apply only on the land that has been converted from native sod to crop production. As farm programs evolve over time, the nature and size of the compliance incentive may also change, possibly affecting compliance incentives.
ERS research examines the cost-effectiveness of conservation policies and programs, with an emphasis on identifying conservation program design features that increase environmental gain per program dollar. ERS also investigates the environmental impact of broader agricultural policies and programs on land use, input use, and conservation practice adoption.
Research findings address many issues in program design:. Skip to navigation Skip to main content. Farmers For Soil Health works to advance use of soil health practices — especially cover crops — on corn and soybean farms.
The initiative has a goal of doubling the number of corn and soybean acres using cover crops to 30 million acres by We look forward to our partnership with NRCS, working to expand adoption of cover crop practices to help our farmers meet our sustainability goals. States were selected for this initial pilot based on their demonstrated demand for additional support for the cover crop practice. Sign-up dates will be determined at the state-level, and applications will be selected for funding by Feb.
NRCS will continue to build on this framework and streamlined application process to support farmers and ranchers across the country. Cover crops offer agricultural producers a natural and inexpensive climate solution through their ability to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide into soils. Cover crops can provide an accelerated, positive impact on natural resource concerns.
In fiscal , NRCS provided technical and financial assistance to help producers plant 2. Conservation Incentive Contracts address priority resource concerns, including sequestering carbon and improving soil health in high-priority areas.
Through these contracts, NRCS works with producers to strengthen the quality and condition of natural resources on their operations using management practices, such as irrigation water management, drainage water management, feed management and residue and tillage management that target resource concerns, including degraded soil and water quality, available water and soil erosion.
Conservation Incentive Contracts offer producers annual incentive payments to implement management practices as well as conservation evaluation and monitoring activities to help manage, maintain and improve priority natural resource concerns within state high-priority areas and build on existing conservation efforts.
Conservation Incentive Contracts last five years.
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