New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 90 - STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Subchapter 2 - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT COST SHARING: ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
Section 2:90-2.8 - Stripcropping systems
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:90-2.8
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Contour stripcropping systems which protect soil from wind or water erosion and reduce pollution of water, land, or air from agricultural non-point sources may be applied to cropland subject to erosion or soil movement.
(b) The following types of practices are approved for stripcropping systems.
1. Cost-sharing is
limited to the establishment of the systems and, if necessary, the removal of such
obstacles as fences, stone walls, or hedgerows where applicable.
2. Cost-sharing is authorized for subsurface
drains needed to eliminate spot seepage on five percent or greater slopes where the
seepage makes cross-slope tillage impractical. Subsurface drains may be the sole
component if spot seepage develops and makes cross-slope tillage impractical in
existing stripcropping systems.
(c) The following special conditions are applicable to stripcropping systems:
1. On acreage
devoted to row crops, one of the following must apply:
i. The crop stubble or residue must be left on the
land during the winter;
ii. A winter
cover crop must be established;
iii.
Adequate protective tillage operations must be performed.
2. For contour stripcropping systems, cultural
operations must be performed as nearly as practicable on the contour.
3. Cost-sharing is not authorized for repeating
any approved measure under this practice with the same person on the same
acreage.
(d) The system shall be maintained for a minimum of eight years following calendar year of installation.
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