Multi-State CNMP Symposium

November 30th – December 1st, 2010

Mark Garrison, Environmental Engineer

Eric Hurley, Nutrient Management Specialist

Iowa Overview

Commodity Type Rank

Corn (acres) 1

Soybeans (acres) 1

Layers (number) 1

Hogs (number) 1

Turkeys (number) 9

Cattle (number) 7

Value of all Agricultural Products ($)

3

Iowa Agricultural Rankings

Iowa Farm Characteristics

Crop-land

85.6%

Other Uses8.2%

Pasture6.2%

Land in Farms by Type of Land

140 - 179

180 - 219

220 - 259

260 - 499

500 - 999

1,000 - 1,999

2,000 +

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

Farms by Size

Acres/Farm

Far

m #

's

Farm Sizes: 331 Ac/151 Ac – 2007 & 350 Ac/179 Ac – 2002 (Mean/Median)

Number of Beef and Dairy Operations in Each Herd Size Category

1 to 919.4%

10 to 4954.2%

50 to 9916.5%

100 to 1997.6%

200 to 4992.1% 500 or more

0.2%

Beef

1 to 912.1%

10 to 4936.7%

50 to 9929.8%

100 to 19914.5%

200 to 4994.8%

500 or more2.1%

Dairy

Number of Poultry Operations in Each Herd Size Category

1 to 39995.5%

400 to 3,1491.0%

3,200 to 9,9991.3%

10,000 to 19,9990.3% 20,000 to 49,999

0.2%

50,000 to 99,9990.3%

100,000 or more1.4%

Layers

1 to 1,99990.6%

2,000 to 59,9995.9%

60,000 to 99,9990.2% 100,000 or more

3.3%

Broilers

Number of Swine Operations in Each Herd Size Category

1 to 249.4% 25 to 49

2.9%50 to 99

4.1%

100 to 1996.4%

200 to 49915.8%

500 or more61.4%

Swine

IA Practices for AWMSWaste Storage Facility

(313)Animal Mortality Facility

(316)Composting Facility (317)Anaerobic Digester (366)Waste Facility Cover (367)Air Filtration and

Scrubbing (371)Pond Liner (521A-D)Roof Runoff Structure

(558)

Amendments for Agricultural Waste Treatment (591)

Waste Treatment (629)Solid/Liquid Separation

Facility (632)Manure Transfer (634)Vegetated Treatment

Area (635)

Animal Mortality Facilities

NRCS Central States Environmental Engineering SharePoint Site

Waste Facility Storage Tanks

Iowa NRCS Field Office Photo

Feedlot to Confinement Conversions

Solid/Liquid Separation Facilities (Debris Basins)

Practice

Component Unit Unit Cost ($)

313 Winter Feeding Station <40 Head No. 7,515

Winter Feeding Station >40 Head No. 12,987

Roofed System – Beef/Dairy AU 200

Roofed System - Swine AU 112.5

Roofed System - Partial AU 75

Total Containment (Earthen) – Beef AU 25

Total Containment (Earthen) - Dairy AU 50

Stacking Facility – Beef/Dairy AU 75

Stacking Facility – Poultry AU 15.5

Stacking Facility - Swine AU 22.5

Concrete Storage – Beef/Dairy AU 150

Concrete Storage – Beef/Dairy Ft3 1.76

Concrete Storage - Swine AU 40

NRCS EQIP Payment Schedule (AWMS)

Practice

Component Unit Unit Cost ($)

316 Poultry Mortality Composting AU 7.50

Swine Mortality Composting AU 7.50

Beef or Dairy Mortality Composting Ft2 3.83

Non Swine or Poultry Composting AU 4.59

317 Non Mortality Composting (Manure Treatment)

AU 10

Non-Manure Composting (Plant matter) Ft2 2.55

NRCS EQIP Payment Schedule (AWMS)

EQIP Program Payment Percentage can range from 30% to 50%, depending on practice.

EQIP Program Payment Percentage for Historically Underserved, Organic, etc can range from 55% – 75%, with a few cases range up to 90%, depending on program and practice.

Also can vary based on Iowa’s Common Resource Areas.

NRCS EQIP Payment Schedule (AWMS)

Iowa’s Common Resource Areas

Historically A&E contracts, TSP’s and NRCS staff facilitated animal waste project completion.

Now – primarily TSP’s and NRCS – estimated 50/50 split.

EQIP 2008 – estimated 150 projects planned, partially certified, or certified under TSP purview.

In the past there has been funding on the watershed level (assessment work).

State Revolving No to Low Interest Loan Program (Feedlot to Building conversions)

How is the Work Getting Done?

IA NRCS CNMP/AWMS Technical Staff

John MyersNRCS Resource Conservationist

Allen GehringNRCS State

Engineer

Area Resource Conservationist(s)Area Engineer(s) – Areas 1, 2, 3 , 4

& 5

Eric HurleyNRCS Nutrient Management

Specialist

Mark GarrisonNRCS Environmental

Engineer

Individual Field Office Resource Conservationist(s), Engineer(s), Civil Engineering Technician(s) or other

staff