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Was wondering if anyone knew what the spring chisel/disking rules were for FSA highly erodible ground. I am possibly picking up some very very rough acres coming out of CRP. There is no question that tillage is needed. I couldn"t remember what the actual legal ground cover percents are, and is there an exception for late Spring tillage? Rather not ask the local USDA office as I like to fly under the radar and draw as little attention as possible...
 
All it takes is one neighbor saying something to FSA or a random spot check and the penalty is great.

If you go in and plead your case they may allow you some tillage.

You need to file a conservation plan if one has not been filed anyway.

A plan may allow tillage the first year as long as following years are notill.

Gary
 
Granted, you"re dealing with the Uffda office, but coming out of CRP...what, ten year contract, or more, and they have an issue with tillage in sod?

This week I went to Uffda to see about converting some acres to cropland. Some was previous cropland,converted to pasture after we put in a liquid manure pit back around 1985. Other acres were pasture that became tillable after an existing ditch was cleaned out, per Uffda regs. New Uffda guy says I can plant every acre, even tho review might not get done til late summer....but one "wetland" area had trees. I said they are now stumps....son cut them for firewood. Uffda guy says you cannot remove stumps...it makes that area available for planting. So.....nature takes over, stumps rot.....God makes the area available for planting....(15-20 stumps!). ??? Uffda trumps God? Well, I knew THAT!

Recently went to a tiling seminar in St. Cloud, MN. State guy talked about farmer confusion.....regs are universal but he recognized that local interpretation is sooooo different, depending who the farmer has to deal with. I"m still hopeful....
 
I have one (13 acre) field that is HEL. While your local office may say differently, I'm allowed to do whatever tillage is needed when I rotate that field to corn. I can NOT do two or more years of corn there, though...the next year, it gets rotated to oats (or other small grain) with hay underseeded.
 
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