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For farmstead and associated ag land, if the applicant meets or exceeds two resource concerns at the time of contract offer, they don’t need to schedule an additional activity on these lands.
The $40,000 annual payment limitation was removed; however, a person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments that in the aggregate exceed $200,000 for all CSP contracts originally obligated during fiscal years 2019 through 2023.
New software now has modifiers to better reflect the true conditions of the land use of the land offered (ie. Grazed Forest). Grazing land currently pays $$0.50 per acre. A request for higher payment schedule for grazed forest has been requested for Washington State for grazed forest land.
EQIP is a voluntary program that provides funding and professional expertise for measures that protect natural resources while ensuring sustainable production on farms, ranches and working forest land. Payments are made to participants after conservation practices and activities identified in an EQIP plan are implemented. WA NRCS obligated more than 27 million dollars in EQIP contracts in 2020. Changes to EQIP include:
• EQIP can be used to implement practices that help protect or improve source water for community water systems.
• Veterans who have been discharged in the most recent 10-year period are now eligible for increased payment rates (90% vs. 75%) and advance payments of up to 50% of the practice payment.
• Aggregate payments cannot exceed $450,000, and the payment limitation is not cumulative with prior farm bills.
States can identify up to 10 practices that are eligible for a 90% payment rate. These practices are chosen by NRCS in consultation with the State Technical Advisory Committee and may change from year to year. For Washington state, the FY 2021 conservation practices chosen are:
• Aquatic Organism Passage
• Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
• Riparian Forest Buffer
• Forest Stand Improvement
• Tree/Shrub Establishment
• Waste Storage Facility
• Field Border
• Cover Crop
• Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till
• Wildlife Habitat Planting
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