27—10.82(161A) State designation of eligible practices.

1. 10.82(1)  Residue and management practices. The division will make one-time payments for residue and tillage management practices.

   1. a. No-till planting.
   2. b. Ridge-till planting.
   3. c. Strip-till planting.
   4. d. Cover crops.

2. 10.82(2)  Temporary practices. The division will make one-time payments for temporary practices.

   1. a. Critical area planting.
   2. b. Contour farming.
   3. c. Strip-cropping.
   4. d. Field border.
   5. e. Filter strips.
   6. f. Pasture and hay planting. Pasture and hay planting will be eligible for funding only when land that has been planted to row crop for three out of the last five years is being converted to permanent vegetative cover.

3. 10.82(3)  Permanent practices.

   1. a. Reserved.
   2. b. Diversion. Diversions are eligible for funding only when used to prevent downstream erosion.
   3. c. Windbreak and shelterbelt establishment. A strip or belt of trees or shrubs established within or adjacent to a field to reduce sediment damage and soil depletion caused by wind.
   4. d. Grade stabilization structure.
   5. e. Reserved.
   6. f. Grassed waterway.
   7. g. Reserved.
   8. h. Terrace.
   9. i. Underground outlet. Underground outlets are eligible for Iowa financial incentive funding only when used as a component of eligible permanent practices contained in subrule 10.82(3).
   10. j. Water and sediment control basin.
   11. k. Reserved.
   12. l. Conservation cover.
   13. m. Tree and shrub planting. The minimum eligible area is three acres.

Only those soil and water conservation practices listed in this rule are eligible for the Iowa financial incentives program funds.

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