1. (1) Definition. In this section, “contour farming” means plowing, preparing, planting, and cultivating sloping land on the contour and along established grades of terraces or diversions.
2. (2) Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a contour farming system, including necessary costs to remove obstacles.

3. (3) Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse contour farming costs unless the contour farming system meets the following applicable standards:

   1. (a) NRCS conservation practice standard 330 contour farming (March, 2016).
   2. (b) NRCS conservation practice standard 500 obstruction removal (June, 2021).
   3. (c) NRCS conservation practice standard 420 wildlife habitat planting (June, 2020), if habitat management is used to mitigate the loss of habitat resulting from the installation of contour farming.
   4. (d) NRCS conservation practice standard 332 contour buffer strips (July, 2016).
   5. (e) The landowner agrees to maintain the contour farming system for each cropping season for which cost-sharing is provided.

History

History: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016: am. (3) (a) to (c) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 16-083: am. (3) (a), (b) Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 23-024: am. (3) (a) to (c), cr. (3) (d), (e) Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24; correction in (3) (a) to (c) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2024 No. 821.