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Conservation Security Program (CSP)

Updated 05/19/2008

CSP supports ongoing conservation stewardship of agricultural lands by providing assistance to producers to maintain and enhance natural resources.

The program provides equitable access to benefits to all producers, regardless of size of operation, crops produced, or geographic location.

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) (Pub. L. 107-171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the program.  CSP is administered by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

2006 CSP

Barren Watershed was selected for the 2006 Conservation Security Program. The watershed is shared with Tennessee.  The Barren Watershed includes portions of Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson and Warren Counties in Kentucky, and Clay, Macon, and Sumner Counties in Tennessee. The watershed contain an estimated 5,982 farms and includes 866,783 acres of farmland.

Related Web Pages

Barren Watershed

2006 CSP Self-Assessment and Information

All Barren Watershed landusers who wish to apply for CSP must complete the CSP Self-Assessment.   Landusers not in the Barren Watershed are encouraged to complete the CSP Self-Assessment to better understand where they would stand in a future sign-up.

For Self-Assessment on-line, go to the NRCS Web page: http://csp.sc.egov.usda.gov/ 

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Kentucky CSP Fact Sheet  (PDF; 711 KB)            Click here for a printable copy.

 

2006 CSP Contract Payments

CSP contract payments include two or more of the following:  Click on links to view Kentucky's payment rates for each of the payment types.

  • Annual Stewardship Payments  An annual component for the existing base of level conservation treatment. (All contracts will have stewardship payments.)
  • Existing Practice Component  will be calculated to equal 25% of the contract's annual Stewardship Payment.  (All contracts will have an existing practice component.)
  • CSP New Practice Component  A one-time new practice component for additional needed practices.  (Not all contracts will have a new practice component.)
  • Enhancement Component  An enhancement component for exceptional conservation effort and additional conservation practices or activities that provide increased resource benefits beyond the prescribed level.  (Most contracts will have an enhancement component.)

For More Information:

  • Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)

  • Technical Service Provider Information

    Please contact NRCS at your local USDA Service Center. 

    State Contact:

    Deena Wheby, Assistant State Conservationist
    Phone: 859-224-7350
    e-mail: deena.wheby@ky.usda.gov

    The national CSP watershed map may be found at:  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp/2006_CSP_WS/index.html