CSP Enhancement Job Sheets for FY 2005 Sign-up

Enhancement Type

Enhancement

Enhancement - Energy Management

Energy Audit

Recycling of all used motor oil for tractors and lubricating oil for other farm equipment such as irrigation pumps or grain drying motors

Use of perennial legumes in the crop rotation to reduce energy need for production of nitrogen

Use of annual legumes in the crop rotation to reduce energy need for production of nitrogen

Use of manure to supply at least 90% of nutrient needs of plants

Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 60

Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 30

Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 15

Use of renewable energy fuel (Biodiesel or Ethanol). Payments are made in $25 increments for each 100 gallons actual biofuel used per year.

Renewable energy generation (solar, wind, water, geothermal, methane).

5% energy reduction - Total BTU's

10% energy reduction - Total BTU's

20% energy reduction - Total BTU's

Enhancement - Grazing Management

Collect and use records of weights, dates of grazing individual paddocks, beginning forage heights, and residual stubble heights to better manage forage

Manage over wintering plan to eliminate livestock concentration concerns, prevent erosion, protect water quality, and improve forage quality

Utilize a livestock/forage management plan for entire year, as opposed to just the grazing season, to better utilize forage

Limit access to all livestock ponds and watering areas to protect water quality and improve livestock performance

Rotate all feeding and salting areas to better utilize forage quality

Manage pastures to promote species diversification and improve forage quality

Enhancement - Habitat Management

Time haying/livestock grazing to avoid period (5/1 to 7/1) when wildlife are nesting, fawning, etc. & to allow for the establishment of residual cover for wildlife

Leave hayfield strip >100' uncut to provide habitat for wildlife including native pollinators (minimum of 10% each field)

Enhance wildlife habitat by converting existing non-beneficial (non-pasture) grass areas to native grass/forb species.

Improve utilization of buffer practices by wildlife by increasing width of existing buffer strips by a minimum 50'.

Enhance wildlife habitat by reducing snow deposition into existing shelterbelts (see Job Sheet)

Encourage use of nest structures and brush piles for habitat for cavity nesting birds, mammals & herptiles. (acres where there is a least one nesting structure)

Use a flushing bar when harvesting forages to allow the exit of wildlife from the path of harvest equipment

Enhance winter wildlife food through no fall tillage residue management.

Enhancement - Nutrient Management

Implement a Nutrient Management Enhancement Component

Implement two (2) Nutrient Management Enhancement Components

Implement three (3) Nutrient Management Enhancement Components

Implement four (4) Nutrient Management Enhancement Components

Implement five (5) Nutrient Management Enhancement Components

Base manure app rates on P on all enrolled fields bordering perm streams, lakes, & type 3-8 wetlands to better utilize nutrients & address water quality concerns

Collect soil samples and have the samples analyzed by a MDA Certified Lab to better utilize nutrients & address water quality concerns - Per Analysis

Collect manure samples at least annually & have analyzed by a MDA certified lab to better utilize fertilizer and address water quality concerns - Per Analysis

Manage filter strips on all fields bordering permanent streams, lakes, and type 3-8 wetlands to filter potential nutrient runoff

Manage all sinkholes to protect groundwater aquifers (only applied to berm or diversion)

Enhancement - Pest Management

Implement a pest management enhancement component

Implement two (2) pest management enhancement components

Implement three (3) pest management enhancement components

Implement four (4) pest management enhancement components

Implement five (5) pest management enhancement components

Enhancement –

Soil Management

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.1.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.2.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.3.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.4.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.5.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.6.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.7.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.8.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.9.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.0.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.1.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.2.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.3.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.4.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.5.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.6.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.7.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.8.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.9.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.0.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.1.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.2.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.3.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.4.

Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.5 or greater.

Reduce soil compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) between 31 and 60

Reduce soil compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) between 16 and 30

Reduce soil compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) of 15 or less

Using GPS or other similar guided measure technology, reduce soil compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a STIR between 31 & 60

Using GPS or other similar guided measure technology, reduce soil compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a STIR between 16 and 30

Using GPS or other similar guided measure technology, reduce soil compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a STIR of 15 or less

Enhancement –

Water Management

Irrigation Enhancement Index  Level 1 - 60 - 64%.

Irrigation Enhancement Index  Level 2 - 65 - 69%.

Irrigation Enhancement Index  Level 3 - 70 - 74%.

Irrigation Enhancement Index  Level 4 - 75 - 79%.

Irrigation Enhancement Index  Level 5 - 80 - 84%.

Irrigation Enhancement Index  Level 6 - 85% or greater.

Enhancement –

Air Resource Management

Improve air quality by controlling concentrated animal odors through the use of bio-filters for enclosed barns

Improve air quality by controlling concentrated animal odors through the use of bio-filters for curtained barns

Encourage the use of a waste facility cover for odor control

Improve air quality by managing shelterbelt(s) adjacent to feedlot and/or waste holding areas by controlling odors and dusts

Improve air quality by managing field windbreaks to control dust and pesticide drift

Encourage the use of cross wind trap strips to control dust and pesticide drifts