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NRCS Idaho CSP Enhancement Activities

CSP is for producers who want to take their conservation efforts to the next level. Most CSP applicants have already been applying conservation practices to their land. Through CSP, they have the opportunity to give those practices a boost with conservation activities called “enhancements.” Enhancements take conservation practices to a higher level of stewardship. CSP applicants work on-one-one with their NRCS conservation planner to select enhancements that best fit their management goals and that will address resource concerns on the enrolled operation.

FY 2024 Idaho Resource Conserving Crops

  1. Perennial Grass
    • Any perennial grass listed in Idaho Plant Material Technical Note #24.
     
  2. Perennial forb and/ or legume
    • Any perennial Forb and/or legume listed in Idaho Plant Material Technical Note #24.
     
  3. Combination grass/ legume or grass/ forb mixture
    • This combination should also come from individual species listed in Idaho Plant Materials Technical Note #24.
     
  4. Non-Fragile. High residue crops, crops that efficiently use soil moisture, or crops that are drought tolerant.
    • Wheat (grown for grain)
    • Barley (grown for grain)
    • Oats (grown for grain)
    • Corn (grown for grain)

Any Resource Conserving Crop not found on the list must be pre-approved by the Idaho state agronomist prior to development of the implementation requirements.