Section 50.89. Stripcropping.

 

(1)   Definition. In this section, "stripcropping" means growing crops in a systematic strip arrangement in which strips of grass, legumes, or other close growing crops are alternated with strips of clean tilled crops or fallow, and in which all of the strips are established on the contour or across a slope to reduce water or wind erosion.

(2)   Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of establishing a stripcropping system, including costs for the necessary removal of obstructions.

(3)   Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse the cost of establishing a stripcropping system unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The stripcropping operations are performed, to the maximum extent feasible, on the contour.

(b) The stripcropping system complies with all of the following that apply:

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

2. NRCS technical guide stripcropping standard 585 (April, 2009).

(c) The landowner agrees to maintain the stripcropping for 10 years unless farming operations on the affected land are discontinued.

CR 01-090 : cr. Register September 2002 No. 561 , eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075 : am. (title), (1) to (3) (b) (intro.), (b) 2. and (c) Register April 2009 No. 640 , eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016 : am. (3) (b) 1., 2., r. (3) (b) 3., 4. Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 5-1-14.