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Approved Practices and Incentives

Approved Practices

The following CRP conservation practices are approved for the Indiana CREP:

  • CP2 Permanent Native Grasses
  • CP3A Hardwood Tree Planting
  • CP4D Permanent Wildlife Habitat, Non-easement
  • CP21 Filter Strips
  • CP22 Riparian Buffer
  • CP31 Bottomland Timber Establishment
  • CP23 Wetland Restoration
  • CP23A Wetland Restoration, Non-floodplain

Practices CP2, CP3A, CP4D, CP22 and CP21 must be installed on former cropland adjacent to an eligible stream, river or water body and meet additional requirements. 

BUFFER REQUIREMENTS: 
CP2 – minimum average width of 50 feet and a maximum width of 120 feet (up to 300 feet in alluvial soils)
CP21 – minimum average width of 35 feet and a maximum width of 120 feet (up to 300 feet in alluvial soils)
CP3A, C4D and CP22 – minimum average width of 35 feet and a maximum width of 180 feet (up to 300 feet in alluvial soils)

CP23, CP23A and CP31 are not required to be adjacent to a stream, river or waterbody; however, CP 23 and CP31 are required to be located in the 100-yr floodplain.

Federal Incentives

  • Cost Share of Practice Implementation: Based on a current FSA cost-share plan of 50% of eligible cost (not-to-exceed) as determined by FSA for eligible reimbursable practice establishment costs.
  • Signing Incentive Payment (SIP): A one-time incentive payment of $100/acre for newly enrolled CP-21, CP-22, and CP31 and $150/acre for newly enrolled CP23, and CP23A.
  • Practice Incentive Payment (PIP): A one-time incentive payment equal to 40% of the eligible installation costs for CP-21, CP-22, CP23, CP23A and CP-31.
  • Annual Rental Payment: An annual payment for the life of the contract. The payment consists of the sum of three components:
    • Base Soil Rental Rate: determined by calculating the normal CRP weighted average soil rental rate for the three predominant soil types using the current posted applicable local soil rental rates for cropland offers.
    • Incentive payment of 40% of the base rental rate without regard to other incentive payments for all practices offered and eligible for CREP.
    • A maintenance fee equal to the terms of FSA national CRP directives, if applicable.

State Incentives

  • A one-time Clean Water Indiana Incentive payment of $100/acre for CP-2, CP-4D, and CP-21.
  • A one-time Clean Water Indiana Incentive payment of $400/acre for CP-3A, CP-22, and CP-31.
  • A one-time Clean Water Indiana Incentive payment of $950/acre for newly enrolled CP-23 and CP-23A.
  • A one-time Clean Water Indiana Incentive payment of $400/acre for re-enrolled CP-23 and CP-23A.

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