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Guides and Instructions

Is CSP Right for Me?

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) offers technical and financial assistance to help agricultural and forest producers take their conservation efforts to the next level. This guide can help you determine if CSP is right for your operation.

Tech Tools

IWRPM - Version 1.1

Irrigation Water Requirements - Penman Monteith (IWRPM) is a crop consumptive use program using the Penman-Monteith equation for evapotranspiration developed specifically for NRCS use in development of Consumptive Use Tables for the NRCS Irrigation Guide.

Guides and Instructions

Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Guidance

Documents that guide the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory (KSSL) include laboratory methods and manuals, soil sample submission documentation, requests for assistance, and NRCS field guides.

Data and Reports

Land Use Trends

Data by land type (e.g., cropland, pasture, forest) for 1982-2017, at 5-year intervals, by state, based on the National Resources Inventory (NRI). Data can be filtered, graphed, mapped, and downloaded by state, year, and land type (e.g., cropland), and irrigation.

Data and Reports

Lark Demo

This is to demo Larks S&T Data Import

Education and Teaching Materials

Lesson Plans

Soil-related lesson plans.

Data and Reports

Leveraging Farm Policy for Conservation

This paper provides analysis of why an environment favorable for passage of the 1985 Farm Bill came to be, and it draws a few lessons from the experience.