Conservation Reserve Program(CRP)

Farm Service Agency

Rod WinklerCEPD Program Specialist

Mid-Contract Management Practices on CRP -

Assessment

2002 Farm Bill

Began in 2003

Kansas Mid-Contract Management Practices

• Prescribed Burning

• Intersedding

• Light Disking

• Brush Management

• Managed Haying and Grazing

Purpose of Mid-Contract Management Practices

These management activities are designed to:

Ensure plant diversity

Wildlife benefits, while ensuring protection of the soil and water resources

Site specifics, planned for what is needed at each site to enhance the wildlife benefits for the site.

Historical Use Managed Hay/Graze

Activity 2003

Total no. of all active CRP contract 40,569

Total no. of contracts managed hayed or grazed

1,076

Total no. acres grazed under managed provisions

16,686.4

Total no. of acres hayed under managed provisions

27,514.3

Historical Use Managed Hay/Graze

Activity 2004

Total no. of all active CRP contracts 42,056

Total no. of contracts managed grazed

160

Total no. of acres grazed under managed provisions

12,288.1

Total no. of contracts managed hayed 538

Total no. of acres hayed under managed provisions

18,689.2

Habitat Improvement?

OR

Forage Production?

Scenario 1:

• Prescribed Burn C/S in the Spring

• Managed Hay/Graze that Summer

Scenario 2:

• Spring Fertilization in the Spring

• Managed Hay/Grazing that Summer

Scenario 3:

• Prescribed Burning in the Spring

• Light Disking following burn

Scenario 4:

• Elimination of Management Practice of Brush Management

Scenario 4:

• Add Management Practice for fertilization of Tree Practices through irrigation systems or self watering systems.