Part 511 - Highly Erodible Land (HEL) Conservation 

 511.44(d)(1) 



(1) Special Consider ations For Management Practices 

 Management practices in FSA conservation compliance plans usually 

 consist of crop rotation, conservation tillage, and crop residue use. 

 Management practices require that the person will take some action 

 each scheduled year to apply or to use the crop rotation, tillage 

 practice, and/or crop residue. Management practices are to be 

 recorded as applied when they are first applied, and will be used 

 each year in the future as the person continues to use the approved 

 conservation system described in the approved conservation plan. 



(2) Special Considerations For Crop Rotations 



(i) The planned crop rotation must be started far enough 

 before January 1, 1995, so that it is evident that the crop rotation 

 is being used on each field for which the crop rotation is planned. 

 Using the crop rotation means that the planned sequence of crops (or 

 acceptable substitute crops) to achieve the required USLE "C" factor 

 and/or the WEQ "V* factor is being planted. 



(ii) It may not always be possible to get a full cycle of 

 the crop rotation completed before January 1, 1995, but the practice 

 narrative should be clear as to when the rotation is to be started so 

 that the crop rotation will be in use before January 1, 1995. 



(iii) Crop sequences are determined by obtaining crop history 

 for the field from ASCS, from evidence provided by the person, and/or 

 by SCS observation. Paragraph 345E of ASCS 6-CP states that a 

 farmer's failure to report eligible crop history on land planted to 

 an agricultural commodity will result in non-compliance if the land 

 is classified as HEL and an approved conservation system is not being 

 used. 



(3) Special Consider ations For Conservation Tillage And Crop 



Residue Use 



(i) The planned crops must be caipable of producing enough 

 residue after harvest to provide the needed cunoxints of residue. The 

 practice narrative must specify the residue requirements. 



(ii) SCS should be satisfied that the person can do the 

 required tillage and planting operations and that the availcQjle 

 equipment is capzible of achieving the results- specified in the plan. 



(iii) If the plemned residue amounts are not achieveUsle, SCS 

 will determine the additional practices needed to accomplish the 

 required level of erosion reduction. 



(4) Special Considerations For Supporting Practices 

 Supporting practices, such as contouring, strip cropping, and field 

 borders, specified in the plan must be applied before the 

 conservation system is considered to be in use. 



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(180-V-NFSAM, Second Ed., Amend. 6, May 1991) /- 



