Richland Soil & Water Conservation District
Richland SWCD Agricultural Services
Agronomy
Crop production may create potential pollution hazards such as erosion and pesticide runoff. Practices are available to help address these concerns.
Conservation Practices – These practices are available through USDA cost-share programs, please contact the office for program availability and eligibility requirements. Detailed explanations of these practices can be found on the USDA-NRCS website in the E-FOTOG.
Grassed Waterways – Grassed waterways are a shaped, vegetated, shallow channel designed to correct and prevent gully erosion in high flow areas in fields.
Filterstrips – Filterstrips are a strip of grass of various widths placed parallel to streams or ditches with the intent of capturing sediment and filtering chemicals out of surface water before it enters the waterway. · Agricultural Chemical Handling
Facilities – These facilities are designed with 4 earthen, wooden or steel walls with an underlain heavy rubber liner where chemical tanks are placed so that in the case of a tank leak, the material will be contained and not allowed to leave the site. ·
W.A.S.C.O.B.’s – Water And Sediment Control Basins are used in areas of small watersheds and concertrated flows. They consist of a small earthen fill designed to capture and contain surface water and convey it to a subsurface drain within 24 hours.
Livestock Livestock production may create potential pollution hazards or simple function problems. Many practices are available that address these concerns.
Practices
Heavy Use Pad – A heavy use pad is a designated thickness of gravel or concrete placed in areas of high livestock or equipment usage. It is designed to reduce mud and keep areas fit to scrape manure.
Spring Development – A spring development is designed to capture water produced by a spring under the ground and convey it to a watering tank, useful in areas where electric service is not available.
Access Road – An access road is a designated thickness of gravel or concrete placed in areas where equipment or livestock travel frequently and need a firm base to keep the lane free of mud.
Waste Storage Facility – A waste storage facility is a structure designed to contain manure produced by livestock in a specified number of days, so that the manure can be stored until the weather and field conditions are suitable for land application.
Compost Facility – A compost facility is a structure designed to provide an area to place dead livestock or manure mixed with sawdust so that they can be decomposed into a nutrient rich compost.
Fencing – Fencing is typically used to determine field boundaries for livestock and also feeding paddocks used in intensive grazing systems.
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