Climate-Smart Agriculture Project Timeline and Enrollment Details
USDA Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities grant program
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Project Timeline and Enrollment Documents
- Complete the interest form
- Our coordinator will set up a call to discuss the program and learn more about your farm
- The coordinator will work with the farmer to explain the program details and gather information to assess the fit for both parties
- An email will be sent informing the farmer of enrollment decision
- Farmers work with the coordinator to collect the following documents:
- FSA Maps
- Subsidiary report showing compliance with AD-1026 (this is filled out with your FSA agent)
- Signed partner agreement
- Schedule an initial farm visit with coordinator
- Farmer co-creates a Climate-Smart Transition Plan (CSTP) with coordinator
- Decide what practices the farm would like to implement from a list of the following NRCS practices
- Go over Enrolled Farmer Tasks
- Implement conservation practices as stated in CSTP
- Participation and practice payments issued to farmer
- Farmer will keep track of sales data and report quarterly to coordinator using a spreadsheet like this one
- Participate in field days/training
- Farmer fills out verification forms with coordinator for each practice
- Farmer takes soil samples with coordinator annually
- CS Coordinator provides marketing assistance
- Farmer shares story and markets their Climate-Smart products!
Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I participate in multiple programs?
Farmers are allowed to participate in multiple Climate-Smart programs, but cannot enroll the same practice on the same piece of land. For example, a farmer can enroll one field in cover crop with our program and they can enroll another field in cover crop with a different program.
Can I stack practices?
Farmers can implement several practices on the same piece of land. For example, a farmer can implement cover crops, mulching, and soil carbon amendment on the same field.
Do I need to report my sales data?
- Collecting sales data is an important part of reporting for this program. Farmers are required to either update their spreadsheet or provide quarterly sales data to their coordinator in another format.
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