Practical Conservation

5 Aug 2010.  The tool has been updated.

USDA has a new tool that lets you download soil and pasture rental rates (for CRP and other uses) in a variety of ways.  Also has an EI caclulator.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has a new web-based soil survey.  I quickly was able to define an “Area of Interest”  and produce both a soils map and access information about the soil types (RUSLE information, building suitability, flooding potential, etc.).  Once you have the soil map for your farm, you can go to NRCS’s new soil rental rate site (which I reviewed earlier) and enroll in Farm Bill conservation programs.  NRCS is doing some nice work with their web-based technical tools lately.