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Page 2-MSWCD Supplement to the Heppner Gazette-Times, February 23, 1994
Nelson farm honored with barbecue
Compliance Plan Final
By Loren Unruh,
District Conservationist
December 31, 1994 is the last
day for Conservation Compliance
Plans to be certified as fully ap
plied. According to the 1985
Food Security Act (FSA) and the
1990 Food and Agriculture Con
servation Trade Act (FACTA),
this certification is necessary if
agricultural producers wish to re
main eligible for affected USDA
Programs.
In the 1985 FSA and 1990
FACTA. Agriculture producers
are to abide by certain conserva
tion guidelines in order to be
eligible for certain USDA pro
grams. These guidelines focus on
soil erosion. They were
developed by the local Soil and
Water Conservation District
(SWCD) board in conjunction
with the USDA Soil Conservation
Service (SCS). Agriculture Pro
ducers were to work with the SCS
in developing a Conservation
Compliance Plan that met the
guidelines. The initial develop
ment of these plans was com
pleted by December 31, 1989.
Then the agriculture producer has
the next five years to work with
the local SWCD and SCS to
refine the plan and apply any
needed practices to meet the ero-
sion
guidelines.
These practices may involve a
management system with crop
residue or a complex system of
crop rotation, strip cropping, ter
races, and crop residue. In Mor
row County, on the dryland
wheat fields, most of the erosion
control practices have addressed
water erosion with a combination
of terraces and residue. On the ir
rigated cropland, mostly on the
north end where wind erosion is
the concern, a system of crop
rotation with residue mangement
is primarily used. For those par
ticipating in the Conservation
Reserve Progiam (CRP), the
practice is perennial grass cover.
The 1985 FSA and 1990 FAC
TA stipulate that at the end of the
five year implementation period
(December 31, 1994), all the
necessary management and struc
tural practices be completed so
the Conservation Compliance
Plan is fully applied. To ensure
that their Compliance Plan is
completed, producers need to
review their plan and make sure
they know what is necessary.
Then they should contact the SCS
and check to see what they need
to do to certify their Conservation
Compliance Plan. The SCS is to
assist the producer in develop
ing and applying the plan.
However, the ultimate respon
sibility is with the producer, if a
plan is not certified by December
31, 1994, eligibility for certain
USDA programs may be
jeopardized.
For further information or to
check on your plan, please con
tact the Soil Conservation Service
at 676-5021, or stop by the office
at 430 Heppner/Lexington
Highway in the Pettyjohn Office
Building.
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits
discrimination in its programs on
the basis of race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, age, marital
or familial status. (Not all pro
hibited bases apply to all pro
grams.) Persons with disabilities
who require alternative means for
communication of program infor
mation (braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact
the USDA Office of Communica
tions at (202) 720-1127 (TDD).
To file a complaint, write the
Secretary of Agriculture, U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D C. 20250, or call
(202) 720-7327 (voice) or (202)
720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity
employer.
Doug Drake (I) with Chuck Nelson and Bruce Adrews
The Chuck and Lisa Nelson
farm near Lexington was chosen
as the state conservation winning
farm for 1993. A barbecue and
tour was held on June 2 and was
attended by nearly 250 people
from around the state.
Bruce Andrews, director of the
Oregon
Deaprtment
of
Agriculture, delivered the
keynote address and reminded the
attendees that farming is more
than a business because of the
“caring relationship” that a
fanner has with his land.
In his remarks on the tour.
Chuck pointed out that this award
was the culmination of years of
hard work and sound conserva
tion practices begun by his father,
Norman Nelson. He also stated
that a moldboard plow has not
been used on the farm since 1918.
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