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Organic 2009 EQIP
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PVC = Polyvinyl Chloride
HDPE = High Density Polyethylene
PSI = Pounds per Square Inch
CMP = Corrugated Metal Pipe
NRCS Conservation Practices
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| I | J | K | L
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V | W | X | Y | Z
Access Control (472)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Temporarily Exclude Livestock for one year |
Acre |
$5.00 |
$5.00 |
Components 1 or 2 are payable one time for special use situations
only, such as after a fire, weed control, range chiseling, wildlife
enhancement, or wetland/riparian enhancement. Must be approved by the
Assistant State Conservationist for Programs |
| 2. Temporarily Exclude Livestock for two years |
Acre |
$10.00 |
$10.00 |
Animal Mortality Facility (316)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Dairy or Beef Facility, 15 feet wide x 18 feet deep x
8 feet high bins, complete installation |
Cubic feet |
$7.50 |
$9.00 |
Facilities include concrete or timber bins, concrete
apron, and mono-slope roof. Design the facility for the largest carcass
in a diversified operation. Equipment (loader or skid steer) size may
dictate the bin dimensions.
A Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan is not required to receive a
payment for this practice. Include a published reference on the
mortality composting process in the O&M Plan.
If needed use Fence (382) for predator exclusion. |
| 2. Swine, 10 feet wide x 14 feet deep x 6-8 feet high
bins, complete installation |
Cubic feet |
$5.88 |
$7.06 |
| 3. Poultry, 8 feet wide x 5 feet deep x 5 feet high bins
with an 8 feet wide x 5 feet high continuous drop over (secondary) bin
that runs behind the primary bins, complete installation |
Cubic feet |
$5.36 |
$6.43 |
Animal Trails and Walkways (575)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Trail/Walkway, Includes Application |
Each |
$1,450.00 |
$2,175.00 |
For Fencing, use Fence (382). |
Brush Management (314)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Cut, Stump and Chip or Slash, Pile and Burn Treatment
of Salt Cedar or Russian olive |
Acre |
$549.75 |
$659.70 |
The number of acres receiving a practice payment will be
limited to the acres with brush, not the total acres of the pasture. |
| 2. Mechanical Treatment of Conifer Encroachment |
Acre |
$67.50 |
$81.00 |
Channel Bank Vegetation (575)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding, Herbaceous Planting |
Acre |
$47.00 |
$70.50 |
|
| 2. Seed and Seeding, Herbaceous and Woody Planting |
Acre |
$5,850.00 |
$8,775.00 |
|
Channel Stabilization (584)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Channel Stabilization with In-Stream Rock Structure
for Stream < 50 cubic feet per second |
Each |
$700.00 |
$1,050.00 |
Costs include alterations in channel dimensions,
patterns, and profiles necessary to ensure the channels are stable
including in-stream structures required to stabilize the bed. A practice
payment cannot be received for Channel Stabilization (584), Open Channel
(582) and Stream bank and Shoreline Protection (580) on the same reach.
This practice is limited to protection of adjacent irrigation structures
or buildings only. |
| 2. Channel Stabilization with In-Stream Rock Structure
for Stream 50 CFS – 500 cubic feet per second |
Each |
$1,500.00 |
$2,250.00 |
| 3. Channel Stabilization with In-Stream Structure of
Timber or Concrete |
Each |
$2,750.00 |
$4,125.00 |
Cover Crop (340)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed, Seeding, Packing |
Acre |
$19.71 |
$29.57 |
Component 1 is not eligible for irrigated cropland
and is capped at 500 acres. |
Critical Area Planting (342)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding Native Species Making up 90-100
percent of the Mixture, Packing if Necessary, Seeding with a Drill |
Acre |
$57.00 |
$68.40 |
Component 1: The mixture cannot contain
more than ten percent non-native legumes.
Plantings over 5 acres require approval by the State Resource
Conservationist. |
| 2. Temporarily Exclude Livestock for two years |
Acre |
$10.00 |
$10.00 |
| 3. Seed and Seeding Native Species Making up 90-100
percent of the Mixture, Packing if Necessary, Broadcast Seeding |
Acre |
$105.75 |
$126.90 |
| 4. Seed and Seeding Tame Species, Packing if Necessary,
Seeding with a Drill |
Acre |
$24.75 |
$29.70 |
| 5. Seed and Seeding Tame Species, Packing if Necessary,
Seeding after a fire |
Acre |
$30.00 |
$36.00 |
| 6. Seed and Seeding Tame Species, Packing if Necessary,
Broadcast Seeding |
Acre |
$41.25 |
$49.50 |
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management (647)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding, Native Species, 90-100 percent of
Mix |
Acre |
$34.50 |
$41.40 |
The mix cannot contain more than 10 percent non-native legumes. |
Fence (382)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Fencing, 3-5 Barbed, Smooth Wire |
Foot |
$1.05 |
$1.26 |
Installation included in all components.
For double deer fence installations, count the length of both fences to
determine the total length of the fence.
Component 7: Limited to concentrated livestock areas
such as calving areas, feeding areas or feedlots and bee apiaries in
areas with grizzly bear and wolf conflicts where they are listed as a
T&E species.
Antelope crossings are required when component 8 is
installed.
Fences on cropland are not eligible for a practice payment. |
| 2. Fencing, 3-5 Barbed, Smooth Wire, Mountain or Rough
Terrain |
Foot |
$1.28 |
$1.53 |
| 3. Fencing, Barbed, 6-9 Wire (Managing a combination of
livestock such as sheep, cattle and bison) |
Foot |
$1.14 |
$1.37 |
| 4. Fencing, Jack and Wire |
Foot |
$1.88 |
$2.25 |
| 5. Fencing, Permanent Electric, 2-5 Smooth Wire,
Including energizer |
Foot |
$0.49 |
$0.59 |
| 6. Fencing, Permanent Electric, 2-5 Smooth Wire,
Including energizer and clearing heavy brush or trees for orchards |
Foot |
$1.24 |
$1.49 |
| 7. Fencing, Permanent Electric, Greater than 5 Smooth
Wire, Including energizer |
Foot |
$0.83 |
$0.99 |
| 8. Fencing, Regular Woven Wire or Goat Fence |
Foot |
$1.28 |
$1.53 |
| 9. Fencing, 2 Tier Woven Wire, Wildlife Fence around
Shelterbelts |
Foot |
$1.80 |
$2.16 |
| 10. Fencing, Wildlife Fence around Tree Plantings or Bee
Hives < 0.25 acres in size |
Foot |
$3.75 |
$4.50 |
| 11. Fencing, 2 Tier Woven Wire, Wildlife Fence Includes
clearing heavy brush or trees for orchards |
Foot |
$5.55 |
$6.66 |
| 12. Fencing, Predator Mitigation and Visibility
Enhancement for Sage Grouse |
Foot |
$0.12 |
$0.14 |
Field Border (386)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding, Native Species, making up 90-100
percent of mixture. |
Acre |
$34.50 |
$41.40 |
Component 1: The mixture cannot contain
more than ten percent non-native legumes.
Component 3: A practice payment will be provided for
planting a sequentially blooming planting mix that provides flowering
plants throughout the growing season. Mix must be selected from an
NRCS-approved list found in the Plant Materials Technical Note MT-46 and
Biology Technical Note MT-20. |
| 2. Seed and Seeding, Tame Species |
Acre |
$24.75 |
$29.70 |
| 3. Seed and Seeding, Pollinator Friendly Tame Species |
Acre |
$29.25 |
$35.10 |
Filter Strip (393)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding, Crop Field Areas |
Acre |
$24.75 |
$29.70 |
- |
Forage Harvest Management (511)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Hay analysis |
Acre |
$0.92 |
$1.38 |
One hay analysis per cutting is required for payment.
Practice is payable for a maximum of 3 years. |
Grade Stabilization Structure (410)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Pipeline, 18 Inch PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater |
Foot |
$17.52 |
$26.27 |
All components include trenching, all appurtenances, and
installation. |
| 2. Pipeline, 21 Inch, PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater |
Foot |
$23.97 |
$35.95 |
| 3. Pipeline, 24 Inch, PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater |
Foot |
$26.58 |
$39.87 |
| 4. Pipeline, 27 Inch, PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater |
Foot |
$34.16 |
$51.23 |
| 5. Pipeline, 30 Inch, PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater |
Foot |
$39.45 |
$59.18 |
| 6. Pipeline, 36 Inch, PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater,
Trenching, including all appurtenances, installed |
Foot |
$50.10 |
$75.14 |
| 7. Pipeline, 42 Inch, PVC or HDPE, 80 PSI or Greater |
Foot |
$70.62 |
$105.93 |
Grassed Waterway (412)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Construction of New Grassed Waterway, Complete
Installation |
Acre |
$968.00 |
$1,452.00 |
- |
| 2. Construction of New Grassed Waterway with Fabric
Barriers, Complete Installation |
Acre |
$1,184.00 |
$1,776.00 |
|
| 3. Construction of New Grassed Waterway with Fabric
Barriers and Topsoil, Complete Installation |
Acre |
$1,722.00 |
$2,583.00 |
|
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (548)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Chiseling, Including Dragging if Necessary |
Acre |
$13.00 |
$19.50 |
A chisel may be substituted with appropriate equipment as discussed
in the Practice Standard |
Heavy Use Area Protection (561)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Construction of Permanent Livestock Wind Shelter,
Includes Installation |
Linear Foot |
$20.25 |
$24.30 |
Payment for component 2 is limited to
the two available drawings for construction of the 7.5 feet and 9.5 feet
heights.
Components 1-3 are eligible for payment only when there
is an environmental benefit versus a production benefit. |
| 2. Construction of Portable Livestock Wind Shelter,
Includes Installation |
Linear Foot |
$37.50 |
$45.00 |
| 3. Construction of Permanent Livestock Wind Shelter over
9 feet Tall, Includes Installation |
Linear Foot |
$33.91 |
$40.69 |
Herbaceous Weed Control (797)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Biological − Leafy Spurge, Applied (Based on 5 acres
per release of insects. A release is 1,000 bugs with a maximum of 10
releases per 100 acres) |
Acre |
$30.00 |
$45.00 |
Prescribed Grazing (528) is required with
component 3.
This practice is limited to noxious weed control on non-cropland and
non-hay land only. |
| 2. Biological − Knapweed, Applied (Based on 5 acres per
release of insects. A release is 300 bugs with a maximum of 10 releases
per 100 acres). |
Acre |
$50.00 |
$75.00 |
| 3. Cultural − Prescribed Grazing, Herding, Temporary
Water and Fence |
Acre |
$9.38 |
$14.06 |
| 4. Cultural – Hand Pulling |
Acre |
$125.00 |
$187.50 |
Mulching (484)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Application of peat moss around trees in orchards |
Acre |
$1,255.50 |
$1,506.60 |
Component 1 is limited to 40 acres and
the orchard land use.
Components 2 and 3 are used in conjunction with
practice Critical Area Treatment (342). |
| 2. Excelsior blanket mulch |
Square Yard |
$0.22 |
$0.26 |
| 3. Vegetative (straw) mulching |
Acre |
$75.00 |
$90.00 |
Nutrient Management (590)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Organic Livestock Conversion |
Acre |
$39.00 |
$39.00 |
Payment for component 1 is for
transition of tame pastures or cropland seeded to pasture to certified
organic tame pastures for use in transitioning to organic livestock
production (does not include breaking of native sod).
Component 1 or 2 is payable for three years and is
limited to a maximum of 500 acres per operation. Acreage already
certified organic is not eligible nor is land coming out of CRP.
Operations approved for the organic production payment must provide a
copy of their Organic System Plan if certified or sign a statement that
they agree to develop and implement practices consistent with an organic
system plan if transitioning. Operations implementing practices
inconsistent with an organic system plan or no longer meeting organic
certification requirements may be subject to termination.
A payment can not be received for both organic livestock conversion and
organic crop conversion.
Component 3 is payable one time. The number of soil
tests should be based on MSU Extension Montguide MT200803AG which is: 20
subsamples per 80 acre field. The soil test analysis must be for a 0-6”
and 6-24” profile depth for cropland and 0-6” or 0-12” profile depth for
forage crops.
Component 4 is payable for a maximum of three years. |
| 2. Organic Crop Conversion |
Acre |
$35.10 |
$35.10 |
| 3. Nutrient Management, Conventional (Not Precision
Agriculture) |
Acre |
$1.46 |
$1.76 |
| 4. Nutrient Management for Orchards |
Each |
$292.50 |
$351.00 |
Open Channel (582)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Channels with Bankfull Discharges of 0 to 30 Cubic
Feet per Second |
Linear Foot |
$9.75 |
$14.63 |
These costs include costs associated with channel
vegetation and alterations in channel dimensions, patterns, and profiles
necessary to ensure the stream stability including in-stream structures
required to stabilize the bed. A practice payment cannot be received for
Open Channel (582), Channel Stabilization (584) and Stream bank and
Shoreline Protection (580) on the same reach.
A practice payment is not available for channels having bankfull flow >
150 cubic feet per second. |
| 2. Temporarily Exclude Livestock for two years |
Linear Foot |
$33.50 |
$50.25 |
Pasture and Hay Planting (512)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seedbed Preparation, Seed and Seeding, Tame Species |
Acre |
$24.75 |
$29.70 |
Component 2: A practice payment will be
provided for planting a sequentially blooming planting mix that provides
flowering plants throughout the growing season. Mix must be selected
from an NRCS-approved list found in Plant Materials Technical Note MT-46
and Biology Technical Note MT-20.
Pasture or hay renovations that are part of a crop-pasture or crop-hay
rotation are not eligible for a practice payment. Planting on non-highly
erodible cropland is not eligible for a practice payment.
Highly erodible cropland with a cropping history of five out of the last
seven years is eligible for a practice payment when seeded back to
pasture or hay.
Pasture plantings are limited to a maximum of ten percent legume and no
permanent seedings are eligible on public land unless approved by the
Assistant State Conservationist for Programs. |
| 2. Seedbed Preparation, Seed and Seeding, Pollinator
Friendly Tame Species |
Acre |
$29.25 |
$35.10 |
Pest Management (595)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Integrated Pest Management |
Acre |
$5.86 |
$8.79 |
Payment is limited to cropland, hay land, and pasture only.
Practice is payable for a maximum of 3 years. |
Pipeline (516)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Pipe, Trenching, or Plowing, Frost Free |
Foot |
$1.69 |
$2.03 |
Components 1-4 include seeding if
needed and installation.
Water developments on cropland are not eligible for a practice payment
unless cropland is seeded to pasture or rangeland |
| 2. Pipe, Trenching, or Plowing, Not Frost Free |
Foot |
$0.94 |
$1.13 |
| 3. Pipe, Trenching where site conditions require a
Backhoe |
Foot |
$2.25 |
$2.70 |
| 4. Pipe, Excavation, Rock/Extreme Sites and Bedding |
Foot |
$3.00 |
$3.60 |
| 5. Pipe, Above Ground, Including Thrust Blocks, Anchors |
Foot |
$0.94 |
$1.13 |
Pond (378)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Wet Excavated Pond, Includes Installation when
excavated materials are required to be moved off site |
Cubic Yard |
$3.50 |
$5.25 |
This practice is not to be used for wetland creation.
For Seeding, use Critical Area Planting (342). |
| 2. Temporarily Exclude Livestock for two years |
Cubic Yard |
$1.48 |
$2.21 |
|
| 3. Embankment Pond, Includes Installation |
Cubic Yard |
$3.00 |
$4.50 |
|
Prescribed Grazing (528)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Implementation of a prescribed grazing plan which
balances forage production with livestock requirements with season of
use rotated, winter feed areas away from riparian areas, monitoring plan
developed, and contingency plan developed |
Acre |
$0.77 |
$0.92 |
Component 1 or 2 is payable for a
maximum of three years with a maximum payment of $30,000.00 per contract
after all facilitating practices (Fences, Water Development, etc.,)
needed for the grazing systems have been installed. This payment applies
to tame and native grazing lands only where a prescribed grazing system
is planned and implemented and at least 50 percent of the operating unit
grazing land must be contracted for Prescribed Grazing. A payment cannot
be made for both prescribed grazing and deferred grazing.
Component 2: This component is limited to areas with
known grizzly bear or wolf livestock predation conflicts. Applicant or
adjacent neighbor has livestock predation conflict issues with at least
one of the two T&E species listed.
Component 3: A payment is payable for a maximum of
three years with a cap of 640 acres for the portable fence and water to
facilitate grazing management. This component has the following
requirements: Portable water facilities:
a. HDPE pipe only. Install above or below ground. Connect to existing
water source such as pipeline, well, tank, etc.
b. Water troughs 300 gallons or less.
c. If installing a portable pump (hydraulic ram, sling, nose, etc.,) in
a creek or river, the producer must provide proof of Montana water
rights to remove the estimated amount of water. Portable fencing
materials:
a. Electric fence charger must maintain minimum charge and ground as
described in practice Fence (382) specification.
b. To be used as interior cross fences. Not to be used as boundary fence
or main pasture fence.
c. Initial fence locations to be determined with NRCS under the
development of a grazing plan. Fences are portable, and it is understood
that the producer will move them to adjust for animal forage needs,
plant conditions, unexpected weather fluctuations, etc., to maximize the
health, productivity and sustainability of all grazing lands within
their control. |
| 2. Implementation of a prescribed grazing plan which
balances forage production with livestock requirements with livestock
moved using a human herder to facilitate rotational grazing and predator
deterrence for the entire grazing season, winter feed areas away from
riparian areas, monitoring plan developed, and contingency plan
developed |
Acre |
$2.30 |
$2.75 |
| 3. Implementation of a prescribed grazing plan which
balances forage production with livestock requirements with season of
use rotated, winter feed areas away from riparian areas, monitoring plan
developed, and contingency plan developed using portable fence and water |
Acre |
$14.54 |
$17.44 |
Pumping Plant (533)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Submersible Pump, (Well Pit, Pump and Electrical) |
Each |
$4,237.50 |
$5,085.00 |
Components 1- 4 include installation. A
practice payment is not available for pumps for use with practice
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (380).
A practice payment for a generator will only be available when reliable
electric power is not available within 2 miles and solar is not a viable
option. |
| 2. Pump for Providing Livestock Water |
Each |
$1,125.00 |
$1,350.00 |
| 3. Solar Pump for Typical Stockwater System with Panels
or Generator at remote sites for livestock and wildlife water including
weather proofing, self-starting, and able to pump water |
Each |
$7,968.75 |
$9,562.50 |
| 4. Windmill, Including Installation (Including Mill,
Tower, Pump, Cement, Sucker Rod, and Pipe) |
Each |
$3,900.00 |
$4,680.00 |
Range Planting (90 to 100 percent Native Species)
(550)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding, Native Species |
Acre |
$34.50 |
$41.40 |
Components 1 and 3: The mixture cannot
contain more than ten percent non-native legumes.
Components 2 and 4: A practice payment will be provided
for planting a sequentially blooming planting mix that provides
flowering plants throughout the growing season. Mix must be selected
from an NRCS-approved list found in Plant Materials Technical Note MT-46
and Biology Technical Note MT-20. |
| 2. Seed and Seeding, Pollinator Friendly Species |
Acre |
$39.00 |
$46.80 |
| 3. Seed and Seeding, Native Species for Reclamation of
Cheat Grass Infested Areas West of the Continental Divide Only |
Acre |
$54.75 |
$65.70 |
| 4. Seed and Seeding, Pollinator Friendly Species, for
Reclamation of Cheat Grass Infested Areas West of the Continental Divide
Only |
Acre |
$62.25 |
$74.70 |
| 5. Plug Planting with Fabric, Native Species |
Plug |
$1.87 |
$2.24 |
| 6. Plug Planting without Fabric, Native Species |
Plug |
$0.71 |
$0.86 |
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till (345)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Managing Residue on Flood Irrigated Acres |
Acre |
$65.00 |
$97.50 |
Payment for components 1 and 2 of this practice are
payable for a maximum of three years and are limited to 200 acres per
year of irrigated land planted to row crops. |
| 2. Managing Residue on Sprinkler Irrigated |
Acre |
$50.00 |
$75.00 |
|
Residue And Tillage Management, No-Till / Strip Till / Direct Seed
(329)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Managing Residue |
Acre |
$9.38 |
$11.25 |
A payment is payable for a maximum of three years after the practice
is implemented and moves from an alternative conservation system to a
basic conservation system or a basic conservation system to a resource
management system with the maximum payment on 640 acres for the whole
operation. This payment is limited to annual crop production.
A payment cannot be paid for both Residue Management and Salinity and
Sodic Soil Management on the same acre of land. |
Riparian Forest Buffer (391)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Sprigging, Gathering, Transporting, Planting |
Each |
$0.94 |
$1.13 |
- |
| 2. Temporarily Exclude Livestock for two years |
Each |
$4.05 |
$4.86 |
| 3. Stock, Fabric, Vegetative Control, Site Preparation,
Rigid Mesh Tubes, Mechanical Plant, Installed (all components are
needed) |
|
$5.93 |
$7.11 |
| 4. Stock, Fabric, Vegetative Control, Hand Scalping,
Hand Plant, Installed |
|
$5.66 |
$6.80 |
| 5. Stock, Fabric, Vegetative Control, Hand Scalping,
Rigid Mesh Tubes, Hand Plant, Installed (all components are needed) |
|
$7.80 |
$9.36 |
Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Seed and Seeding, Native Species, making up 90-100
percent of mixture |
Acre |
$89.25 |
$107.10 |
Component 1: The mixture cannot contain more than
ten percent non-native legumes. |
| 2. Sprigging |
1000 Square Feet |
$63.75 |
$76.50 |
|
Runoff Management System (570)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Silt fence around construction site |
Linear Foot |
$1.13 |
$1.35 |
Excelsior blanket mulch is available under practice
Mulching (484). |
| 2. Straw Bale Dams |
Linear Foot |
$6.00 |
$7.20 |
| 3. Fabric Barrier |
Linear Foot |
$0.13 |
$0.15 |
| 4. Coconut rolls |
Linear Foot |
$4.50 |
$5.40 |
| 5. Straw wattles |
Linear Foot |
$1.09 |
$1.31 |
Salinity and Sodic Soil Management (610)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Recharge area delineation, per site (total saline
seep area investigated) |
Each |
$1,875.00 |
$2,250.00 |
A payment cannot be made for both Residue Management
(328,329) and Salinity and Sodic Soil Management (610) on the same acre
of land.
This practice is not to be used for wetland creation. For seeding use
Pasture and Hay Planting (512) or Range Planting (550).
For Salinity planting using Pasture and Hay Planting (512) with no more
than 50% legume in the planting allowed. The conservation plan must
address Forage Harvest Management (511) on the contracted areas. |
| 2. Recharge Area Moisture Management (Perennial
Vegetation) |
Acre |
$30.00 |
$36.00 |
Spring Development (574)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Spring Development, Complete for Collection System |
Each |
$2,250 |
$2,700.00 |
- |
Stream Crossing (578)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Stream Crossing, Culvert and Roadway |
Each |
$3,600.00 |
$4,320.00 |
For Fencing, use practice Fence (382). |
| 2. Stream Crossing, Ford |
Square Foot |
$3.28 |
$3.93 |
| 3. Stream Crossing, Steel Bridge for Pivot Wheels |
Each |
$2,175.00 |
$2,610.00 |
Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Stream Bank Protection for Channels with Rock Riprap |
Square Foot |
$5.32 |
$7.98 |
These costs include alterations in channel dimensions
necessary to ensure the stream banks are adequately protected and
stable. A practice payment cannot be received for Open Channel (582),
Channel Vegetation (584) and Stream bank and Shoreline Protection (580)
on the same reach.
Practice payments are based on square feet of protected bank. Costs
include a rock key.
Practice payments for components 1 and 2 are limited to protection of
irrigation structures or buildings only.
For Fencing, use practice Fence (382).
All projects over 500 cubic feet per second bank full flow must be
approved by the State Conservation Engineer prior to contracting. |
| 2. Stream bank Protection for Channels with Articulated
Concrete |
Square Foot |
$7.19 |
$10.78 |
| 3. Stream bank Protection for Channels with
Bioengineering Practices |
Linear Foot |
$26.13 |
$39.19 |
| 4. Stream bank Protection for Channels with Vegetative
Practices |
Square Foot |
$0.50 |
$0.75 |
| 5. Stream bank Protection for Channels with Geocell |
Square Foot |
$3.98 |
$5.97 |
Structure for Water Control (587)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Miscellaneous Installation |
Each |
$1,250.00 |
$1,875.00 |
Before Miscellaneous, Small, Medium or Large
Installations can be contracted; a description and cost estimate must be
completed by an individual having the appropriate job approval authority
documenting the cost.
For Seeding, use practice Critical Area Treatment (342).
For Fencing, use practice Fence (382). |
| 2. Small Installation |
Each |
$2,500.00 |
$3,750.00 |
| 3. Medium Installation |
Each |
$5,000.00 |
$7,500.00 |
| 4. Large Installation |
Each |
$10,000.00 |
$15,000.00 |
| 5. Culvert, CMP culvert installed |
Pound |
$1.20 |
$1.80 |
| 6. Culvert, HDPE culvert installed |
Pound |
$2.50 |
$3.75 |
Tree/Shrub Pruning (660)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Pruning |
Acre |
$137.50 |
$206.25 |
The maximum payment is $30,000.00 per contract. This payment applies
to tame and native grazing lands only where a prescribed grazing system
is planned and implemented on at least 50 percent of the operating unit
grazing land. The component must be contracted for three years to
receive the payment. A payment cannot be made for upland wildlife
habitat management (645) or prescribed grazing (528) on the same acres. |
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Use of a rotational grazing system approved by NRCS
designed to improve species of concern |
Acre |
$2.14 |
$2.57 |
The maximum payment is $30,000.00 per contract. This payment applies
to tame and native grazing lands only where a prescribed grazing system
is planned and implemented on at least 50 percent of the operating unit
grazing land. The component must be contracted for three years to
receive the payment. A payment cannot be made for upland wildlife
habitat management (645) or prescribed grazing (528) on the same acres. |
Waste Utilization (633)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Waste Spreading (Spreading, Manure Analysis, Proper
Application) (limited to one year feets manure production with a maximum
of 6,000 tons.) |
Ton |
$2.63 |
$3.15 |
Component 1 or 2 is payable one time
based on one year feets animal waste as outlined in a nutrient
management plan and is limited to 6,000 tons or 1,500,000 gallons.
A practice payment is available for either Component 1 or 2,
but not both. |
| 2. Waste Spreading (Spreading, Manure Analysis, Proper
Application) (limited to one year feets manure production with a maximum
of 1,500,000 gallons of manure). |
1000 Gallon |
$10.50 |
$12.60 |
Watering Facility (614)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Tank, < 1,000 gallons |
Each |
$975.00 |
$1,170.00 |
All troughs and tanks are contracted as complete
including installation.
Water developments on cropland are not eligible for a practice payment
unless cropland is seeded to pasture or rangeland. |
| 2. Tank, 1,000 gallons to ≤ 1,400 gallons |
Each |
$1,350.00 |
$1,620.00 |
| 3. Tank, > 1,400 gallons to ≤ 2,000 gallons |
Each |
$1,575.00 |
$1,890.00 |
| 4. Tank, > 2,000 gallons |
Gallon |
$1.24 |
$1.49 |
| 5. Tank, Storage, New |
Gallon |
$0.90 |
$1.08 |
| 6. Tank, Storage, Used |
Gallon |
$0.45 |
$0.54 |
| 7. Tank, Winter, ≥ 125 gallons to ≤ 450 gallons |
Each |
$1,125.00 |
$1,350.00 |
| 8. Tank, Winter, greater than 450 gallons to ≤ 950
gallons |
Each |
$1,500.00 |
$1,800.00 |
| 9. Tank, Winter, greater than 950 gallons |
Each |
$3,000.00 |
$3,600.00 |
| 10. Tank, Winter, < 125 gallons |
Each |
$750.00 |
$900.00 |
| 11. Tank, Retrofit existing tank with wildlife escape
ramp |
Tank |
$37.50 |
$45.00 |
Water and Sediment Control Basin (638)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Basin, 0-3 feet High Narrow Base |
Each |
$536.50 |
$804.75 |
- |
| 2. Basin, 0-3 Feet High Broad Base |
Each |
$1,735.00 |
$2,602.50 |
| 3. Basin, Greater Than 3 Feet to 6 Feet High Narrow Base |
Each |
$1,185.00 |
$1,777.50 |
| 4. Basin, Greater Than 3 Feet to 6 Feet High Broad Base |
Each |
$2,610.00 |
$3,915.00 |
Water Well (642)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Cementing and packing of existing flowing and
non-flowing artesian wells, to conserve groundwater in artesian aquifers
and to protect higher quality groundwater from incursion by poor quality
water. Final design is the responsibility of a licensed water well
contractor. This item requires a report by the NRCS Geologist or by the
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. |
Each |
$1,500.00 |
$1,800.00 |
A practice payment is not available for wells for use
with practice Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (380).
A practice payment for a dry well is not available under EQIP as stated
in the ineligible cost section of the EQIP manual.
Water developments on cropland are not eligible for a practice payment
unless cropland is seeded to pasture or rangeland. The purpose of the
well is not for crop aftermath grazing. |
| 2. Winterizing and valving of existing artesian wells,
including well house or pit, pitless adapter, fittings, and installation |
Each |
$3,750.00 |
$4,500.00 |
| 3. Drilling and Casing for 7 Inches or Less Casing |
Linear Foot |
$23.15 |
$27.78 |
| 4. Drilling and Casing for greater than 7-Inch Casing |
Linear Foot |
$41.25 |
$49.50 |
| 5. Drilling, Driving, Grouting of 8 Inch or Greater
Casing |
Linear Foot |
$60.00 |
$72.00 |
| 6. Mobilization, Set Up, Drilling and Casing for Shallow
Wells (Less than 60 feet) |
Each |
$1,425.00 |
$1,710.00 |
Well Decommissioning (351)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Sealing of an Abandoned Well (≤ 8-inch diameter and ≤
200 feet deep) |
Well |
$337.50 |
$405.00 |
- |
| 2. Sealing of an Abandoned Well (> 8-inch diameter and ≤
200 feet deep) |
Well |
$1,500.00 |
$1,800.00 |
| 3. Sealing of an Abandoned Well (> 200 feet deep) |
Foot |
$2.25 |
$2.70 |
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (380)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Tree/Shrub Rows (Mechanical Site Preparation,
Vegetation Control, Stock, Planting Labor) |
Tree |
$1.50 |
$1.80 |
All components include installation.
For fencing, use practice Fencing (382). |
| 2. Tree/Shrub Rows (Mechanical Site Preparation,
Vegetation Control, Stock, Fabric, Planting Labor) |
Tree |
$3.00 |
$3.60 |
| 3. Tree/Shrub Rows (Mechanical Site Preparation,
Vegetation Control, Stock, Fabric, Rigid Mesh Tubes, Planting Labor) |
Tree |
$4.50 |
$5.40 |
| 4. Tree/Shrub Rows (Chemical Site Preparation,
Vegetation Control, Stock, Hand Planting Labor) |
Tree |
$3.23 |
$3.87 |
| 5. Tree/Shrub Rows (Chemical Site Preparation,
Vegetation Control, Stock, Fabric, Hand Planting Labor) |
Tree |
$5.10 |
$6.12 |
| 6. Tree/Shrub Rows (Chemical Site Preparation,
Vegetation Control, Stock, Fabric, Staples, Rigid Mesh Tubes, Hand
Planting Labor) |
Tree |
$6.60 |
$7.92 |
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation (650)
| Components |
Units |
Payment Rate |
Historically Underserved Payment Rate |
Notes |
| 1. Adding New Trees to Replace Dead Trees |
100 Feet |
$75.00 |
$112.50 |
- |
| 2. Removal of Entire Tree and/or Shrub Row |
100 Feet |
$100.00 |
$150.00 |
| 3. Thinning of Trees and/or Shrubs |
100 Feet |
$37.50 |
$56.25 |
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