Program payments.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (2) NRCS will determine an appropriate stewardship payment rate for each land use category using the following methodology: (i) NRCS will initially calculate the average 2001 rates using the Agriculture Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) Land Value Survey, the National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) land rental data, and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental rates. (ii) Where typical rental rates for a given land use vary widely within a State or between adjacent States, NRCS will adjust the county-level rates to ensure local and regional consistency and equity. (iii) The State Conservationists can also contribute additional local data, with advice from the State Technical Committee. (iv) The final stewardship payment rate will be the adjusted regional rates described in paragraph (a)(2)(i) through (iii) of this section multiplied by a reduction factor of 0.25 for Tier I, 0.50 for Tier II, and 0.75 for Tier III. (v) Pastured cropland will receive the same stewardship payment as cropland. (3) NRCS will compute the stewardship component of the CSP payment as the product of: the number of acres in each land use category (not including “other” or land not in the applicant's control); the corresponding stewardship payment rate for the applicable acreage; and a tier-specific percentage. The tier-specific percentage is 5 percent for Tier I payments, 10 percent for Tier II payments, and 15 percent for Tier III payments. (4) Other incidental parcels as defined in

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1469.23