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Filter Strips
Riparian Buffers
Contour Buffer Strips
Grassed Waterways
How the Continuous CRP Program can
work for you..
- The better the land, the bigger
payment. Rent is based on corn suitability rating the average annual
payment in Dallas County is $169 per acre.
- Signing bonus of $10 per acre
per full year of contract. Example: 5 acre filter strip with
a 10 year contract would have a bonus of $500 paid shortly after a signed
contract.
- Up to 90% cost-share available
to help establish certain practices. This includes waterways.
- Flexibility in contract length;
most buffer practices can have a 10 to 15 year longevity.
- No competitive bid process.
If land and practice requirements are met, enrollment is automatic.
Descriptions and Purposes of Specific
Buffers:
 Filter
Strips
Strips of grass used to intercept or trap sediment and pesticides
before they reach a body of water. A properly installed buffer can
effectively trap 90% of sediment and nitrate moving from a farm field.
A field strip can be 20 to 120 feet wide. The two basic seeding plans
are native grasses or a brome/alfalfa mix. Areas can be grazed 2
months out of the year with 20% reduction in payment. 90% of establishment
costs apply.
Riparian
Buffer Strips
Streamside vegetation consisting of trees, shrubs, and grasses
for intercepting pollutants from a farm field. Soil is generally lower
producing along streams and rivers; making it more suitable for trees and
shrubs. The plantings may help with stream bank stabilization.
Riparian buffers can be 55 to 180 feet. No grazing is allowed.
Can be done on pasture ground with a payment of $87 per acre. 90%
cost-share up to $500 per acre applies.
 Contour
Buffer Strips
Strips of grass alternated with wider strips of cropland
farmed on the contour. Contour buffer strips can reduce sheet erosion
and movement of pollutants. Conservation plans calling for field borders
can be integrated into this practice. The border will be added to
the acreage eligible for payment. Widths will vary from field to field.
In order to be eligible, ground must have at least a C-slope.
 Waterways
Strips of grass on areas where water concentrates as it
runs off a field. Used primarily to prevent gully erosion. Land
is eligible for CRP waterways if no waterway has existed the preceding two
years. For CRP waterways, 90% cost-share is available. Any CRP
waterway must be built to the governmental specs in order to be eligible
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