Iowa Admin. Code r. 27-20.30

Current through Register Vol. 47, No.14, January 8, 2025

Rule 27-20.30 - Conservation folder content

This division establishes rules concerning required content items and establishes guidelines for the inclusion of additional material at the discretion of the commissioners. The conservation folder contents will provide the landowner and operator with adequate information to develop an understanding of the impacts of excessive erosion, the approximate rate of erosion on their own land, potential alternative solutions to excessive erosion, their erosion control obligations under Iowa law and information about available educational, technical and financial assistance.

(1)Standard conservation folder content.

a. Concise document covering the following:

(1) Short-term and long-term economic effects of erosion.

(2) Effects associated with potential land treatments; economic, yield, operational, management.

(3) Low cost land treatment alternatives.

(4) Explanation of Iowa's soil conservation laws and landowner's responsibilities.

(5) Erosion's impact on long-term productivity.

b. District specific items.

(1) Estimated erosion rates in the local area.

(2) Rates of acceptable soil loss in the local area.

(3) Potential erosion rates for the dominant soils of the farm unit.

c. Information on educational, technical, and financial assistance available from various agencies.

(2)Supplemental conservation folder content. The commissioners may at their own discretion include local information that might be beneficial to landowners and operators in the furtherance of soil conservation and the protection and maintenance of the future productivity of the soil.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 27-20.30