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West Central Iowa | I would still be careful how you draw your fields in the NRCS office because eventually they may say something like..... "We see that you have corn in both fields A and B that join each other. (one was the HEL and the other was not) You always tell us that Fields A and B are a total of XXX acres......why don't we just turn it into one field." That sounds logical and convenient, but once you take the NRCS boundary out and it becomes one unit everything could become HEL even years after you break it up and remove fences. Be very careful how you word & draw things every year at the NRCS office if you have any desire to do conventional tillage.
Some have also said "Our county is great to work with" and those people are fortunate. Also be careful because when your "good to work with" NRCS office staff retire and some new young gun, power hungry, enforcement monger shows up your previously accepted practices may no longer meet the offices criteria. My dad got a new NRCS employee in his county a few years back who believes that no-till even means not pulling an NH3 applicator with knives as it "Moves and disturbs soil". He also told someone that it was his goal to end NH3 applications as they were in violation of "no-till practices" Working with the government offices can be a Jekyll/Hyde experience. It depends on where you live which personality you receive. | |
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What can be done with HEL land?
