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Kansas Water Management & The Farm Bill
Arkansas River, Garden City, KS Kansas Water Management & The Farm Bill CRWUA December 14, Las Vegas, NV
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Farm Bill Titles I – Commodities VII – Research & Extension
II – Conservation III - Trade IV - Nutrition V - Credit VI – Rural Development VII – Research & Extension VIII – Forestry IX – Energy X – Horticulture XI – Crop Insurance XII – Miscellaneous
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Key Titles: Commodities, Conservation and Crop Insurance
Commodity Yield-based policy can dis-incentivize conservation Conservation Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Ogallala Aquifer Initiative Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Continuous CRP Crop Insurance Fully irrigated or dryland options only Limited irrigation options offered on case-by-case basis
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EQIP $46 million spent in last 3 FYs in Kansas
Affecting nearly a quarter million acres Key Resource Concerns Water quantity Water quality Confined animal feeding operations Grazing lands Reservoir sedimentation State Technical Committee Guidance State priorities a key component in project ranking criteria
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EQIP Ranking Criteria Water Conservation/Quantity Water Quality
Local and state plans prioritized Water Conservation Areas Local Enhanced Management Areas Intensive Groundwater Use Control Areas Water Quality Reservoir Sedimentation Nutrients TMDLs
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RCPP Irrigation Technology Targeted watershed protection Forestry
Interstate collaboration Harmful alagae blooms
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CRP CREP for water right retirement
Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado all have CREPs Kansas Arkansas River Nebraska and Colorado Republican River Platte River
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Ark River CREP 15 year CRP contracts
$153-$193 per year CRP payment Permanent vegetation required $53-$97 upfront state bonus payment Water right permanently dismissed 19,000 acres enrolled Water rights totalling 38,000 acre-feet dismissed National CRP acreage cap currently limiting pending acres from being enrolled Allowin
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Farm Bill Needs Continue appropriations for conservation title
Increase CRP acreage cap Allow dryland farming at reduced rental rate on CREPs retiring groundwater rights Technical assistance increases (non-farm bill)
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