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Title: CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM (CSP)


1
CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM (CSP)
United States Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources Conservation Service
  • Farm Security and RuralInvestment Act of 2002

2
Program Philosophy
  • Reward the best, motivate the rest
  • Not a cost-share program to apply practices
  • A conservation planning program to address
    natural resource concerns

3
CSP Key Points
  • Awaiting proposed rule release
  • Most widely known program acronym
  • Excellent marketing tool

4
CSP Key Points
  • Supports ongoing conservation stewardship on
    working lands
  • Rewards producers who meet highest conservation
    standards
  • Creates incentives for others to achieve those
    same standards

5
CSP Key Points
  • 3.7 billion authorization 2003-2013
  • lt 5 percent of eligible producers will be
    enrolled due to authorized funding levels
  • Law limits lt15 percent of program funding for CTA

6
CSP Key Points
  • Program realities
  • RMS planning emphasis
  • Program infancy

7
CSP Payments One or More Components
  • Annual base component for benchmark treatment
  • Annual existing practice component for
    maintaining existing practices
  • One-time new practice payment
  • Enhancement component for going further than
    quality criteria

8
Potential Sign-up Scenario
  • NRCS determines criteria
  • NRCS announces program and criteria
  • Producer self-screening and inventory
  • Producer application

9
Potential Sign-up Scenario
  • NRCS determines eligibility
  • NRCS determines tier
  • NRCS determines offers based on announcement
    priorities
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