|
|
Cost_Share_Program |
Practice_Name |
Component |
Unit_Type |
Unit_Cost |
Cost_Type |
Share_Rate |
|
614 |
CSP |
Watering Facility |
Watering Facility |
each |
102.23 |
AC |
50 |
|
614 |
CSP |
Watering Facility |
Watering Facility - LRF
/ NB Farms |
each |
102.23 |
AC |
65 |
|
516 |
CSP |
Pipeline |
Pipeline |
Feet |
1.39 |
AC |
50 |
|
516 |
CSP |
Pipeline |
Pipeline - LRF / NB
Farms |
Feet |
1.39 |
AC |
65 |
|
512 |
CSP |
Pasture & Hayland
Planting |
Pasture and Hayland
Planting (for conversion only) |
Acre |
231.42 |
AC |
50 |
|
512 |
CSP |
Pasture & Hayland
Planting |
Pasture and Hayland
Planting (for conversion only) LRF / NB Farms |
-Acre |
231.42 |
AC |
65 |
|
393 |
CSP |
Filter Strip |
Filter Strip |
Acre |
193.32 |
AC |
50 |
|
393 |
CSP |
Filter Strip |
Filter Strip - LRF / NB
Farms |
Acre |
193.32 |
AC |
65 |
|
380 |
CSP |
Windbreak/Shelterbelt
Establishment |
Windbreak/Shelterbelt
Establishment |
Feet |
4.41 |
AC |
50 |
|
380 |
CSP |
Windbreak/Shelterbelt
Establishment |
Windbreak/Shelterbelt
Establishment - LRF / NB Farms |
Feet |
4.41 |
AC |
65 |
|
382 |
CSP |
Fence |
Fencing for exclusion
from environmentally sensitive areas only |
Feet |
1.76 |
AC |
50 |
|
382 |
CSP |
Fence |
Fencing for exclusion
from environmentally sensitive areas only - LRF / NB Farms |
Feet |
1.76 |
AC |
65 |
|
386 |
CSP |
Field Border |
Field Border |
Feet |
3.72 |
AC |
50 |
|
386 |
CSP |
Field Border |
Field Border - LRF / NB
Farms |
Feet |
3.72 |
AC |
65 |
|
643 |
CSP |
Restoration Management
of Declining Habitats |
Restoration Management
of Declining Habitats |
Acre |
1579.98 |
AC |
50 |
|
643 |
CSP |
Restoration Management
of Declining Habitats |
Restoration Management
of Declining Habitats - LRF / NB Farms |
Acre |
1579.98 |
AC |
65 |
|
391 |
CSP |
Riparian Forest Buffer |
Riparian Forest Buffer |
Acre |
1858.8 |
AC |
50 |
|
391 |
CSP |
Riparian Forest Buffer |
Riparian Forest Buffer
- LRF / NB Farms |
Acre |
1858.8 |
AC |
65 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM40 Energy Audit |
EA |
500 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM41 Recycling of all
used motor oil for tractors and lubricating oil for other farm equipment
such as irrigation pumps or grain drying motors. |
YR |
200 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM42 Use of perennial
legumes in the crop rotation to reduce enrgy need for production of
nitrogen. |
AC |
0.70 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM43 Use of annual
legumes in the crop rotation to reduce enrgy need for production of
nitrogen. |
AC |
0.10 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM44 Use of manure to
supply at least 90% of nutrient needs of plants. |
AC |
1.10 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM45 Soil Tillage
Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 15 |
AC |
0.90 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM45 Soil Tillage
Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 30 |
AC |
0.70 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM45 Soil Tillage
Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 60 |
AC |
0.50 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM46 Use of renewable
energy fuel (Biodiesel or Ethanol). Payments are made in $25 increments
for each 100 gallons actual biofuel used per year. |
100 GAL |
25.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM47 Renewable energy
generation (solar, wind, water, geothermal, methane). |
100 KWH |
2.50 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM48 10% energy
reduction. |
BTU's |
200 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM48 20% energy
reduction. |
BTU's |
500 |
FR |
100 |
|
EEM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Energy
Management |
EEM48 5% energy
reduction. |
BTU's |
100 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPL |
CSP |
Enhancement - Plant
Management |
EPL03 Promote natural
regeneration of desired species by eliminating grazing of livestock in
the sugarbush. Minimize the utting of regeneration of desired species
around sap lines. |
AC |
10 |
FR |
100.00 |
|
EPL |
CSP |
Enhancement - Plant
Management |
EPL43 Improve plant
health and vigor by utilizing tubing (with or without vacuum)and health
spout taps (≤ 5/16") based on the live circumference of each
tree: 10-17"dia.(36-54" circ.) = 1 tap;
≥18"dia.(≥55" circ.) = 2 taps |
AC |
50.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPL |
CSP |
Enhancement - Plant
Management |
EPL44 Improve plant
health and vigor by collecting sap in buckets using health spout taps
(≤ 5/16") based on the live circumference of each tree:
10-17.9" dia. = 1 tap; 18-23.9" dia. = 2 taps; >24: diam. =
3 taps |
AC |
125 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPL |
CSP |
Enhancement - Plant
Management |
EPL45 Improve plant
health and vigor by utilizing a minimum 28" dropline to evenly
distribute taps along each tree trunk |
AC |
20.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPL |
CSP |
Enhancement - Plant
Management |
EPL46 Improve plant
health and vigor by managing sugarbush with a minimum 25% non sugar
maple species to minimize and reduce intensities of disease and pest
outbreaks. |
AC |
30.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM40 Improve soil
conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that
result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.1 to 0.5. |
AC |
3.48 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM40 Improve soil
conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that
result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 0.6 to 1.0. |
AC |
9.28 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM40 Improve soil
conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that
result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.1 to 1.5. |
AC |
15.08 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM40 Improve soil
conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that
result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 1.6 to 2.0. |
AC |
20.88 |
FR |
100 |
|
|
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM41 Reduce soil
compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage
Intensity Rating (STIR) between 31 and 60 |
Acre |
0.50 |
FR |
100 |
|
|
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM41 Reduce soil
compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage
Intensity Rating (STIR) between 16 and 30 |
Acre |
1.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
|
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM41 Reduce soil
compaction by controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage
Intensity Rating (STIR) of 15 or less |
Acre |
2.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM40 Improve soil
conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that
result in a Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) score of at least 2.1 to 2.5. |
AC |
26.68 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM42 Using GPS or
other similar guided measure technology, reduce soil compaction by
controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage Intensity
Rating (STIR) between 16 and 30. |
AC |
2.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM42 Using GPS or
other similar guided measure technology, reduce soil compaction by
controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage Intensity
Rating (STIR) between 31 and 60. |
AC |
1.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ESM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Soil
Management |
ESM42 Using GPS or
other similar guided measure technology, reduce soil compaction by
controlling areas of traffic that result in a Soil Tillage Intensity
Rating (STIR) of 15 or less. |
AC |
4.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EWM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Water
Management |
EWM40 Irrigation
Enhancement Index Level 1 -
60 - 64%. |
AC |
2.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EWM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Water
Management |
EWM40 Irrigation
Enhancement Index Level 2 -
65 - 69%. |
AC |
4.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EWM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Water
Management |
EWM40 Irrigation
Enhancement Index Level 3 -
70 - 74%. |
AC |
6.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EWM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Water
Management |
EWM40 Irrigation
Enhancement Index Level 4 -
75 - 79%. |
AC |
8.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EWM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Water
Management |
EWM40 Irrigation
Enhancement Index Level 5 -
80 - 84%. |
AC |
10.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EWM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Water
Management |
EWM40 Irrigation
Enhancement Index Level 6 -
85% or greater. |
AC |
12.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EGM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Grazing
Management |
EGM04 Restrict access
to riparian areas to improve water quality and provide stream bank
protection. |
AC |
20 |
FR |
100 |
|
EGM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Grazing
Management |
EGM05 Increase the
number of management units to optimize grazing use with forage
production and increase rest periods |
AC |
10.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EGM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Grazing
Management |
EGM07 Manage legumes at
a 40-60% density (air dry weight) to improve soil fertility, soil
quality, forage quality, air quality, and improve wildlife benefits. |
AC |
10.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EGM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Grazing
Management |
EGM12 Manage animal
trails and walkways to provide access to all pastures for improved
animal distribution. |
AC |
10.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EGM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Grazing
Management |
EGM12 Rotate salt,
mineral, and supplemental feeding areas for the purpose of better
distribution of high concentrations of nutrients. |
AC |
1.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EGM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Grazing
Management |
EGM15 Inter-seed
legumes in pastures to reduce the need for N fertilizer inputs and/or to
extend the grazing season. |
AC |
10.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM07 Apply manure to
fields that have phosphorus levels equal to or less than 7 ppm (Modified
Morgan’s) to prevent the buildup of soil phosphorus. |
AC |
5.00$
|
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM07 Conduct
micronutrient testing to determine plant health requirements and/or the
subsequent animal nutrition requirement from the plants.
Utilize test results to optimize application rates for plant
health and animal nutrition to reduce negative env |
AC |
$
3.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM10 Inject / Direct
Incorporate manure into soil using equipment that preserves surface
residue, reduces odors, reduces nitrogen losses and limits the potential
for surface runoff and nutrient transport. |
AC |
$
10.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM11 Utilize
fertilizer application methods that will place nutrients as close as
possible to the root zone of the plant and at the time the plants will
need them (banding, side-dressing, injection and fertigation). |
AC |
$
5.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM21 Intercropping
legumes with silage corn to provide nitrogen for corn and a sustainable
source of on-farm protein in resulting feed. This reduces the need for
grain purchased from off-farm. |
AC |
5.00$
|
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM22 Utilize split
nitrogen applications based on Pre-Side Dress Nitrate Test (PSNT) or
similar soil test to match nutrient applications to plant needs and
reduce the potential for nitrogen loss. |
AC |
$
3.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
ENM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Nutrient
Management |
ENM60 Using Ecological
Cropping Systems that integrate crops like BMR SS into a forage
rotation. Reduces grain input and thus P import. BMR SS provides forage
results equal or better then corn, and requires no herbicides,
pesticides, or cultivation to man |
Ac |
30 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Pest
Management |
EPM20 Utilize pesticide
application equipment, reduce rated applications and targeting
techniques that minimize over-application and offsite movement
potential. |
Year |
100.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Pest
Management |
EPM01 Apply University
of Vermont recommended IPM programs that focuses on long-term prevention
of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques. |
AC |
10.00$
|
FR |
100 |
|
EPM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Pest
Management |
EPM02 Utilize a
combination of biological, cultural, and/or mechanical control methods,
(including Organic Certified systems) to control pests.
|
AC |
7.00$
|
FR |
100 |
|
EPM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Pest
Management |
EPM03 Specifically
choose and utilize pest management alternatives in order to reduce the
potential for pesticides to move with water and eroded soil/organic
matter and affect non-targeted organisms. |
AC |
$10 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Pest
Management |
EPM40 Reducing
pesticide spray overlap through guided measure technology |
Ac |
8.00$
|
FR |
100 |
|
EPM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Pest
Management |
EPM17 Manage cover
crops between vineyard/orchard rows to includea t least 8 different
species including flowering plants (frobs) to improve habitat for
pollinators and predators that feed on crop pests. Payment per acre of
orchard/vineyard managed. |
Ac |
12.00$
|
FR |
100 |
|
EAM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Air
Resource Management |
EAM10 Use properly
placed windbreaks near livestock production waste storage and loafing
areas to reduce airborne odors. |
AC |
5.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EAM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Air
Resource Management |
EAM40
Investigate various Greenhouse Gas (GHG)/Carbon sequestration
scenarios by utilizing the Carbon Management Evaluation Tool for
Voluntary Reporting (COMET-VR) online web tool. |
Year |
500 |
FR |
100 |
|
EAM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Air
Resource Management |
EAM60 Reduce ordors,
surface runoff, ground water leaching and increase animal health
maintaining Livestock Mortality Facility by following all criteria as
outlined in the attached job sheet. |
YR |
300.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM11 Provide refuge
habitat within a pasture system to benefit grassland birds |
Acre |
75.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM31 Connect habitats
through the management of a forested wildlife corridor. |
acre |
55.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM02 Manage
established habitat or upland conservation buffer strips to encourage
wildlife use |
AC |
15.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM02 Manage expanded
filter strips of at least 10 ft additional width to encourage
appropriate plant species that enhance fish and wildlife habitat.
Includes replacing non-native species with native species. |
AC |
80 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM02 Manage expanded
riparian forest buffers of at least 10 ft additional width to encourage
appropriate plant species that enhance fish and wildlife habitat.
Includes replacing non-native species with native species. |
AC |
55 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM03 Time haying to
avoid the prime grassland bird nesting period
(April 15 to Aug 1) |
AC |
75 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM11 Exclude grazing
from wetlands and riparian areas for the purpose of protecting wetland
wildlife habitat. |
FT |
0.25 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM12 Manage and
improve wildlife cover by utilizing brush pile within or adjacent to
woodland margins (max of 2 per enrolled acre). |
AC |
20 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM12 Manage and
improve wildlife nesting, denning, and breeding habitat by utilizing
snags by “girdling” live trees >6 inches. |
AC |
20 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM19 Leave 1%+ of crop
unharvested in 15 foot wide strips along field margins adjacent to
escape cover |
AC |
100 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM21 Manage habitat
transition zones (field borders, hedgerows, etc.) around crop, pasture
and hay fields to provide cover and food for pollinators and other
wildlife. Manage for native forbes and flowering shrubs in borders to
improve food and cover (mi |
AC |
35 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM23 Manage and
improve bat breeding and roosting habitat by using a minimum of I bat
house per acre of habitat to improve breeding and roosting structure and
to control insect populations. |
AC |
8.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM23 Manage and
improve large, cavity nesting bird habitat by using a minimum of 1 nest
box per acre of habitat to improve nesting structure (spacing suited to
the target species) |
AC |
8.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
EHM |
CSP |
Enhancement - Habitat
Management |
EHM23 Manage and
improve small, cavity nesting bird habitat by using a minimum of 1 nest
box per acre of habitat to improve nesting structure (spacing suited to
the target species). |
AC |
5.00 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 3 Cropland |
Acre |
4.39 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 2 Cropland |
Acre |
1.95 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 1 Cropland |
Acre |
0.49 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 3 Irrigated
Cropland |
Acre |
8.44 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 2 Irrigated
Cropland |
Acre |
3.75 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 1 Irrigated
Cropland |
Acre |
0.94 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 3 Grazingland |
Acre |
2.03 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 2 Grazingland |
Acre |
0.90 |
FR |
100 |
|
SP |
CSP |
Stewardship Payment |
Tier 1 Grazingland |
Acre |
0.23 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 3 Cropland |
Acre |
1.10 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 2 Cropland |
Acre |
0.49 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 1 Cropland |
Acre |
0.12 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 3 Irrigated
Cropland |
Acre |
2.11 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 2 Irrigated
Cropland |
Acre |
0.94 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 1 Irrigated
Cropland |
Acre |
0.23 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 3 Grazingland |
Acre |
0.51 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 2 Grazingland |
Acre |
0.23 |
FR |
100 |
|
EPP |
CSP |
Existing Practice
Payment |
Tier 1 Grazingland |
Acre |
0.06 |
FR |
100 |