VERMONT 2005 CSP TIER ELIGIBILITY

Minimum Eligibility and Tier I Documentation:

In addition to completing the CSP Self-Assessment Workbook, applicants will also need to delineate their agricultural operation. Applicants will need to outline on a map the land that they wish to enroll in the program. Applicants can use their own maps, or they can obtain maps of their farm at the Farm Service Agency (FSA). If an applicant uses FSA maps to delineate their agricultural operation, ALL land (regardless of whether the land will be enrolled in the program or if it is eligible for the program) that they own or operated. This fact sheet along with pages 19 through 24, provides information on how to complete this part of the application process.

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Agricultural Operation Delineation Fact Sheet (PDF, 300 KB)

 If an applicant does not have control of the land that they wish to enroll in CSP, the Landowner will need to complete the ‘Control of the Land Certification Form’, and the applicant will need to submit these forms for each piece of land they wish to enroll but do not have control of at the same time they submit their CSP Self-Assessment Workbook.

 CSP Control of Land Certification Form

The following are Inventory Worksheets that applicants must complete (if the sheets apply to the land they wish to enroll in CSP) and submit them at the same time they submit their CSP Self-Assessment Workbook

CSP VT 2005 Grazing Benchmark for  Pest Management 

CSP VT 2005 Grazing Benchmark for Nutrient Management 

CSP VT 2005 Cropland Benchmark for  Pest Management 

CSP VT 2005 Cropland Benchmark for Nutrient Management

Tier II Documentation:

In addition to the Minimum Eligibility and Tier I documentation (see above), the ‘CSP VT 2005 Tier II Self-Assessment Worksheet’ will also need to be completed and submitted with the completed CSP Self-Assessment Workbook and all other Minimum Eligibility documentation (see Minimum Eligibility and Tier I documentation above).

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CSP VT 2005 Tier II Self-Assessment Worksheet’ (PDF, 99KB) 

Tier III Documentation:

 In addition to the Minimum Eligibility and Tier I documentation (see above), the following Tier III documentation will also need to be completed and submitted with the completed CSP Self-Assessment Workbook and all other Minimum Eligibility documentation (see Minimum Eligibility and Tier I documentation above).

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CSP VT 2005 Tier III Other Land Self-Assessment Worksheet  (PDF, 41 KB) 
CSP VT 2005 Tier III Irrigation Benchmark (PDF, 76 KB)
CSP VT 2005 Wildlife Self-Assessment (PDF, 178 KB)

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