Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ATCP 52.04 - Grant activities
The department may award grants for projects undertaken by agricultural producers that are designed to do any of the following:
(1) Fund startup costs associated with: work
planning, mission development, goal setting or learning days to have experts
discuss conservation topics.
(2)
Provide incentive payments to producers to implement conservation practices,
such as soil testing, cover crops, nutrient and manure management planning,
no-till, buffer strips, grassed waterways, manure composting, or
low-disturbance manure injection.
(3) Measure and promote economic and
environmental benefits of conservation practices.
(4) Perform nutrient management planning,
training, and assessments.
(5)
Develop innovative approaches to manure storage, stacking, or conservation
equipment-sharing that increases and identifies economic and environmental
benefits of such practices.
(6)
Increase voluntary producer and agribusiness participation in a watershed
through education and outreach activities such as hosting conferences,
workshops, or field days.
(7)
Collaborate with partners for on-farm research that identifies economic and
environmental benefits and opportunities of utilizing various conservation
practices or strategies.
(8)
Complete cost-effective edge-of-field and in-stream water quality
monitoring.
(9) Perform farm
assessments to evaluate farm, manure, and nutrient management practices and
identify solutions to resource concerns.
(10) Other activities deemed by the
department as consistent with the purpose of s.
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