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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NRCS-CPA-54
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 1-94
CONSERVATION EFFECTS
TREATMENT OPTIONS / Name:
“Limited Resource” Farmer / OPID:
Address:
Panhandle of Florida / Field or Tract No.:
Treatment Option No.
1 / Description of Treatment Option (with treatment management system):
Continue same crop mix with additional attention given to conservation cropping sequence and increasing crop residue use. Ephemeral gully erosion will be controlled by the addition of contour farming with the incorporation of a tile terrace system.
Actions – Proposed Management
(Kinds, amounts, and timing): / Effects
(Effects of conservation treatment): / Comparison of Effects of Benchmark and Treatment Option
Impacts / Decisionmaker Evaluation
ü  Conservation cropping sequence of peanuts, soybeans and small grains. / ü  Helps reduce average field soil erosion.
ü  Helps minimize nutrient and pesticide applications due to residual effects.
ü  Helps maintain and or increase average crop yields.
ü  Peanut yield increases 15% to 2,300.
ü  Soybeans yield increases 75% to 35 bu/acre.
ü  Wheat yield increase 40% to 35 bu/acre.
ü  Estimated gross increased return on peanuts @ $0.274/lb ~ $0.274 * 300 lb increase (1)
ü  Estimated gross increased return on soybean @ $5.79/bu ~ $5.79 * 15 bu increase (2)
ü  Estimated gross increased return on wheat @ $3.05/bu ~ $3.05 * 15 bu increase
ü  Estimated gross increased return = $82.20 + $86.85 + $45.75 = $214.80 over two-year rotation. / ü  Reduces average field soil erosion.
ü  Reduces nutrient and pesticide application amounts.
ü  Estimated crop yields increase.
ü  Estimated yield increase 300 lbs/acre.
ü  Estimated yield increase 15 bu/acre.
ü  Estimated yield increase 10 bu/acre.
ü  Increase peanut return $82.20/acre over a two-year rotation.
ü  Increased soybean return $86.85/acre over a two-year rotation.
ü  Increased wheat return $45.75/acre over a two-year rotation.
ü  Average return per year equals $107.40.
Comments:
The use of brand names does not constitute an endorsement by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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FOTG – Section V-A-2 Cropland FLORIDA July 1995