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New Eligible Areas • NFU/NDFU website has new map area and new contract for enrollment. • Only one contract for all areas and only one contract covering 2006-2010 period • Now offering choice of entering land descriptions by text version in all states, and trial of new Internet mapping entry system in North Dakota
“No-till’ Definitions • General rule of thumb: direct seeding with no more than 30% surface area disturbance (3” wide openers on a 10” shank spacing) • Strip till is allowed with no more than 30% soil disturbance (10” wide tilled strips on a 30” row spacing, no in-crop row cultivation, but separate knife fertilizer applications are allowed • Disc type openers in most any row spacing are least disturbance, but are not required. • Guidelines reference NRCS STIR ratings of 20 or less
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Page 3: Agriculture’s Role… • It is e
Page 17 and 18: Value of Increasing SOM (Soil Organ
Page 19 and 20: NFU Carbon Credit Program • No-ti
Page 21 and 22: What’s It Worth to Me • No-till
Page 26 and 27: Forestry Offsets • Trees have to
Page 28: How Do I Get Into This Soils Offset
Page 32 and 33: Verification of CCX contracts • C
Page 36: Future Potential • Relatively low
Page 42 and 43: Future NFU Carbon Website… • As
Page 44 and 45: It’s Now Time to STOP!

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