FY2013 PROGRAM STATUS 2012 Farm Bill (?) FY2013 Budget – CR until March  Limited authority to work on Programs 1

FY2013 PROGRAM STATUS WRP – GRP - CRP Authorized to work on prior year contracts Cannot enroll new acreage Not accepting applications Payment Rates Approved - GARC 2

FY2013 PROGRAM STATUS CSP - CStP Authorized to work on prior year contracts No decision yet on FY13 new enrollments Accepting new CStP applications Payments are being completed on existing contracts Promotion/Education Agreement – UNL Agenda Item – Crop Protection Meetings Potential for 20 workshops 5

FY2013 PROGRAM STATUS WHIP Authorized to work on prior year contracts No funds anticipated for General WHIP Potential WLFW Initiative– BF Ferret 6

FY2013 PROGRAM STATUS EQIP Authorized to work on prior year contracts Accepting new applications First application cutoff is December 21st 7

FY2013 PROGRAM FUND POOLS 8 Priority Resource Concerns 4 Local 4 Statewide 8

SHEET AND RILL, EPHEMERAL, WIND, ORGANIC MATTER DEPLETION - LOCAL 329 – Residue Management, No-Till 340 – Cover Crop 412 – Grassed Waterway 512 – Pasture and Hay Planting 600 – Terrace 620 – Underground Outlet 9

INEFFICIENT USE OF IRRIGATION WATER - LOCAL 328 – Conservation Crop Rotation 430 – Irrigation Water Conveyance 441 – Micro Irrigation 442 – Irrigation System- Sprinkler 449 – Irrigation Water Management 10

UNDESIRABLE PLANT PRODUCTIVITY AND HEALTH, INADEQUATE LIVESTOCK WATER - LOCAL 338 – Prescribed Burning 382 – Fence 516 – Pipeline 528 – Prescribed Grazing 614 – Watering Facility 642 – Water Well 11

EXCESSIVE PLANT PEST PRESSURE - LOCAL 314 – Brush Management 666 – Forest Stand Improvement 12

EXCESS NUTRIENTS IN SURFACE AND GROUND WATER - STATE 360 – Closure of Waste Impoundment 393 – Filter Strip 578 – Stream Crossing 590 – Nutrient Management 633 – Waste Utilization 638 – Water and Sediment Control Basin 13

EXCESS PATHOGENS AND CHEMICALS FROM MANURE, BIO- SOLIDS, OR COMPOST – STATE 104 – Nutrient Management Plan 313 – Waste Storage Facility 316 – Animal Mortality Facility 521 – Pond Sealing or Lining 632 – Solid – Liquid Waste Separation 634 – Manure Transfer 14

HABITAT DEGRADATION - STATE 390 – Riparian Herbaceous Cover 391 – Riparian Forest Buffer 644 – Wetland Wildlife Habitat Mgt. 645 – Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgt. 657 – Wetland Restoration 659 – Wetland Enhancement 15

INADEQUATE LIVESTOCK SHELTER - STATE 380 – Windbreak and Shelterbelt Establishment 612 – Tree – Shrub Establishment 650 – Windbreak and Shelterbelt Renovation 16

2013 NATIONAL INITIATIVES Organic Ogallala Special Initiative High tunnel On Farm Energy Pending Decisions: o NWQI o Drought o AWEP o CCPI 17

EQIP – ADDITIONAL FUND POOLS Sprinkler Systems SDI IWM – Moisture Sensors Potential Ogallala SI – Medium Priority Area (See Map) Tribal 18

Ogallala Initiative by NRCS Administrative Area