Section 50.67. Contour farming.

 

(1)   Definition. In this section, "contour farming" means plowing, preparing, planting, and cultivating sloping land on the contour and along established grades of terraces or diversions.

(2)   Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a contour farming system, including necessary costs to remove obstacles.

(3)   Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse contour farming costs unless the contour farming system meets the following applicable standards:

(a) NRCS technical guide contour farming standard 330 (November, 2008).

(b) NRCS technical guide obstruction removal standard 500 (December, 2010).

(c) NRCS technical guide upland wildlife habitat management standard 645 (January, 2013), if habitat management is used to mitigate the loss of habitat resulting from the installation of contour farming.

CR 01-090 : cr. Register September 2002 No. 561 , eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016 : am. (3) (a) to (c) Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 5-1-14.