AGRICULTURAL:

Standards & Technical Assistance

The items below link to DNR and other agency pages with information and files to download.

• Ag Performance Standards and Prohibitions
  1. Wisconsin DNR web page
  2. WI Dept. of Agriculture, Trade, & Consumer Protection
• Agricultural Spills and How to Handle Them
  Download: agspills.pdf (258 KB)
• CAFO's
• Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning
  Information for farmers and Technical service providers
• Nutrient Management Standard (590) Direct Link to PDF
• Nutrient Management Statement of Work Direct Link to Word Doc
• WI Conservation Planning Technical Note: Direct Link to PDF
  Companion Document to Nutrient Management Standard 590
• WI Conservation Practice Standards*

* (The following use the simple eFOTG data retrieval system. See a 30 second demo of how to use the system)

 

State Rules

• Wisconsin's Runoff Rules-Summary
  GeneralRulesPub.pdf (458 KB)
• Permits for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
  (CAFOs): What You Need to Know
  CAFO2brochure.pdf (201 KB)
• NR 243 Animal Feeding Operation Rule Revisions
• State of Wisconsin Administrative Rules in process
• Nonpoint Source Program Administrative Rules

 

Financial Assistance

• Conservation Easements:
  Download easement_brochure.pdf (245 KB)
• TRM Grants
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program
  Cost sharing for conservation practices on agricultural land
• Conservation Security Program
  Cost sharing and incentive payments for ongoing conservation and land stewardship

Please contact your County Land and Water Conservation Depart. for additional information about available financial assistance.

 

USDA - National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)	WI Depart. of Natural Resources (WDNR)	WI Assoc. of Land Conservation Employees (WALCE)	WI Land & Water Conservation Assoc. (WLWCA)	WI Depart. of Ag., Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP)	University of Wisconisn - Extension (UWEX)