| * Practices and Enhancements which are on 2 USDA Program Contracts on the same acres for any FY payment year from 2007 on must be modified out of one of the contracts so that no duplicative payments are created per NB300-7-1 |
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| Code | Practice | Component* | Units | Practice which will create a Duplicative payment with another USDA Program* | Program |
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| 380 | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | Feet | 380 | EQIP, WHIP |
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| 390 | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | Riparian Herbaceous Cover | Acre | 390 | WHIP |
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| 391 | Riparian Forest Buffer | Riparian Forest Buffer | Acre | 391 | EQIP, CRP, WHIP |
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| 643 | Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats | Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats | Acre | 643 | EQIP, CRP, WHIP |
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| 657 | Wetland Restoration | Wetland Restoration | Acre | 657 | EQIP, CRP, WHIP |
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| EAM | Enhancement - Air Resource Management | EAM40 Investigate Greenhouse Gas/Carbon sequestration scenarios using the Voluntary Reporting (COMET-VR) online web tool. | Each | NONE | |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM40 Energy Audit (See Job Sheet E-01) | Each | NONE | |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM41 Recycling of all used motor oil for tractors and lubricating oil for other farm equipment such as grain drying motors (See Job Sheet E-02) | Year | NONE | |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM42 Use of perennial legumes in the crop rotation to reduce energy need for production of nitrogen (See Job Sheet E-04) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High 528 -Prescribed Grazing | EQIP |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM43 Use of annual legumes in the crop rotation to reduce energy need for production of nitrogen (See Job Sheet E-04) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High 528 -Prescribed Grazing | EQIP |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM44 Use of manure to supply at least 90% of nutrient needs of plants (See Job Sheet E-04) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High 633 - Waste Utilization Basic and High | EQIP |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM45 Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 60 (See Job Sheet E-03) | Acre | NONE | |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM45 Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 30 (See Job Sheet E-03) | Acre | NONE | |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM45 Soil Tillage Intensity Rating (STIR) is less than 15 (See Job Sheet E-03) | Acre | NONE | |
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| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM46 Use of renewable energy fuel (Biodiesel or Ethanol). Payments are made in $25 increments per 100 gal actual biofuel used per year. (See Job Sheet E-05) | 100 gal | NONE | |
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| | EEM47 Renewable energy generation (solar, | | | |
| Enhancement - Energy | wind, water, geothermal, methane). (See Job | | | |
| EEM | Management | Sheet E-06) | 100 KWh | 365 & 366 - Anerobic Digester | EQIP - 2007 |
| Enhancement - Energy | EEM48 5% energy reduction (See Job Sheet E | | | |
| EEM | Management | 07) | BTU's | NONE | |
| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM48 10% energy reduction (See Job Sheet E07) | BTU's | NONE | |
| EEM | Enhancement - Energy Management | EEM48 20% energy reduction (See Job Sheet E07) | BTU's | NONE | |
| | EGM60 Utilize a grazing system with a minimum | | | |
| | of 8 paddocks, maintains minimum grazing | | | |
| EGM | Enhancement Grazing Management | heights and rotates livestock at least every 4 days (Job Sheet EGM-1) | Acre | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | EQIP |
| Enhancement Grazing | EGM10 Reduce travel of livestock to watering | | | |
| EGM | Management | facilities (Job Sheet EGM-2) | Acre | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | EQIP |
| | EGM04 Manage livestock exclusion activities for | | | |
| Enhancement Grazing | riparian, streams, or any other sensitive areas | | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | |
| EGM | Management | (Job Sheet EGM-3) | Acre | 472 - Use Exclusion | EQIP |
| | EGM05 Rotational and other grazing system | | | |
| Enhancement Grazing | approaches for improving forage and animal | | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | |
| EGM | Management | health (Job Sheet EGM-4) | AU/Yr | 340- Cover Crop | EQIP |
| Enhancement Grazing | EGM01Use multiple or split applications of | | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | |
| EGM | Management | fertilizer appropriate for pasture use. | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| EGM | Enhancement Grazing Management | EGM09 Diversify forage species to improve pasture or range (Job Sheet EGM-6) | Acre | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | EQIP |
| | EGM06 Grazing management according to | | | |
| | Nutritional Balance Analyzer (NUTBAL) and/or | | | |
| EGM | Enhancement Grazing Management | other similar tools to improve forage resource (Job Sheet EGM-7) | Year | 528 - Prescribed Grazing | EQIP |
| | EHM60 Maintain a Farmland Wildlife Evaluation | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | Score of 0.55 to 0.63 to provide increasing food, | | | |
| EHM | Management | shelter and habitat diversity. (Job Sheet EHM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| | EHM61 Maintain a Farmland Wildlife Evaluation | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | Score of 0.64 to 0.72 to provide increasing food, | | | |
| EHM | Management | shelter and habitat diversity. (Job Sheet EHM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| | EHM62 Maintain a Farmland Wildlife Evaluation | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | Score of 0.73 to 0.81 to provide increasing food, | | | |
| EHM | Management | shelter and habitat diversity. (Job Sheet EHM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| | EHM63 Maintain a Farmland Wildlife Evaluation | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | Score of 0.82 to 0.90 to provide increasing food, | | | |
| EHM | Management | shelter and habitat diversity. (Job Sheet EHM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| | EHM64 Maintain a Farmland Wildlife Evaluation | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | Score of 0.91 - 1.0 to provide increasing food, | | | |
| EHM | Management | shelter and habitat diversity. (Job Sheet EHM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| | EHM20 Manage wildlife habitat according to a | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | credible plan. (Includes Wildlife assessments and | | 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | |
| EHM | Management | SVAP) (Job Sheet EHM-2) | Plan | 644 - Wetland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | EQIP, WHIP |
| | | | 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | |
| Enhancement Habitat | EHM30 Manage incidental woodlands for wildlife | | 644 - Wetland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | |
| EHM | Management | (Job Sheet EHM-3) | Acre | **Incidental lands appied | EQIP, WHIP |
| EHM | Enhancement Habitat Management | EHM02 Activities associated with buffers for wildlife habitat improvement (Job Sheet EHM-4) | Plot | 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | EQIP, WHIP |
| | EHM01 Manage Crop Residues and unharvested | | 329 -Residue Mgt - No Till | |
| Enhancement Habitat | crops including Standing Stubble for Wildlife | | 345 - Residue Mgt - Mulch | |
| EHM | Management | Habitat (Job Sheet EHM-5) | Plot | 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | EQIP, WHIP |
| | EHM03 Manage Timing of Harvest of Crops and | | | |
| Enhancement Habitat | Hay Crops to Benefit wildlife species nesting and | | | |
| EHM | Management | habitat (Job Sheet EHM-6) | Plot | 645 - Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgt | EQIP, WHIP |
| ENM | Enhancement Nutrient Management | ENM16 Use Cover crops after low residue crops (Job Sheet ENM-7) | Acre | 340 - Cover Crops | EQIP |
| ENM | Enhancement Nutrient Management | ENM10 Inject or incorporate nutrient applications (Job Sheet ENM-11) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| | ENM22 Conducting PSNT or Chlorophyll Meter | | | |
| Enhancement Nutrient | testing and reducing nutrient application | | | |
| ENM | Management | accordingly (Job Sheet ENM-4) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| | ENM06 Use of plant tissue testing to better | | | |
| Enhancement Nutrient | assess nutrient application timing and needs (Job | | | |
| ENM | Management | Sheet ENM-4) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| | ENM07 Use of soil testing to better assess | | | |
| Enhancement Nutrient | nutrient application timing and needs (Job Sheet | | | |
| ENM | Management | ENM-2) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| ENM | Enhancement Nutrient Management | ENM01 Improve application timing and N release to meet crop needs (Job Sheet-5) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| | ENM23 Use urease inhibitor or stabilized nitrogen | | | |
| Enhancement Nutrient | (includes all nitrogen inhibitors) (Job Sheet ENM | | | |
| ENM | Management | 6) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| ENM | Enhancement Nutrient Management | ENM04 Use of precision application to better meet crop nutrient needs (Job Sheet ENM-1) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| | | | 386 - Field Border | |
| | ENM03 Use of filter strips, buffers, windbreaks or | | 393 - Filter Strip | |
| ENM | Enhancement Nutrient Management | other vegetative borders to filter nutrients leaving fields (Job Sheet ENM-10) | Acre | 332 - Contour Buffer Strips 589C - Cross Wind Trap Strips | EQIP, WHIP |
| | ENM17 Use crop residue management to reduce | | | |
| Enhancement Nutrient | nutrient needs (no-till, strip-till, etc.) (Job Sheet | | | |
| ENM | Management | ENM-8) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| | ENM08 Adjust and manage Nutrient ratios in | | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | |
| Enhancement Nutrient | livestock feed to optimize conversion (Job Sheet | | 633 - Waste Utilization Basic and | |
| ENM | Management | ENM-9) | AU | High | EQIP |
| ENM | Enhancement Nutrient Management | ENM31 Use P index to set fertilizer rate for application (Job Sheet ENM-3) | Acre | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| Enhancement Pest | EPM09 Use crop rotations to break pest cycles | | 328 - Conservation Crop Rotation | |
| EPM | Management | (Job Sheet EPM-1) | Acre | 595 - Pest Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| EPM | Enhancement Pest Management | EPM04 All cropland fields meet USDA organic farming requirements (Job Sheet EPM-3) | Acre | NONE | |
| | EPM06 Use precision Ag technologies (laser | | | |
| Enhancement Pest | guided, GPS, etc.) for applications to limit | | 590 - Nutrient Mgt Basic and High | |
| EPM | Management | pesticide risks (Job Sheet EPM-2) | Acre | 595 -Pest Mgt Basic and High | EQIP |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 3 Cropland | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 2 Cropland | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 1 Cropland | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 3 Irrigated Cropland | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 2 Irrigated Cropland | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 1 Irrigated Cropland | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 3 Pasture | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 2 Pasture | Acre | NONE | |
| EPP | Existing Practice Payment | Tier 1 Pasture | Acre | NONE | |
| | ESM60 Improve soil conditioning and quality by | | | |
| Enhancement - Soil | implementing conservation measures that result | | | |
| ESM | Management | in Soil Conditioning Index .1 to .3 (SCI) Group 1. | Acre | NONE | |
| | ESM61 Improve soil conditioning and quality by | | | |
| Enhancement - Soil | implementing conservation measures that result | | | |
| ESM | Management | in Soil Conditioning Index .4 to .6 (SCI) Group 2. | Acre | NONE | |
| | ESM62 Improve soil conditioning and quality by | | | |
| Enhancement - Soil | implementing conservation measures that result | | | |
| ESM | Management | in Soil Conditioning Index .7 to .9 (SCI) Group 3. | Acre | NONE | |
| ESM | Enhancement - Soil Management | ESM63 Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in Soil Conditioning Index 1.0 to 1.2 (SCI) Group 4. | Acre | NONE | |
| ESM | Enhancement - Soil Management | ESM64 Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in Soil Conditioning Index 1.3 to 1.5 (SCI) Group 5. | Acre | NONE | |
| ESM | Enhancement - Soil Management | ESM65 Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in Soil Conditioning Index 1.6 to 1.8 (SCI) Group 6. | Acre | NONE | |
| ESM | Enhancement - Soil Management | ESM66 Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in Soil Conditioning Index 1.9 to 2.1 (SCI) Group 7. | Acre | NONE | |
| ESM | Enhancement - Soil Management | ESM67 Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in Soil Conditioning Index 2.2 to 2.4 (SCI) Group 8. | Acre | NONE | |
| ESM | Enhancement - Soil Management | ESM68 Improve soil conditioning and quality by implementing conservation measures that result in Soil Conditioning Index (SCI = 2.5 or Greater) (SCI) Group 9. | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EDR40 Drainage Water Mgt Level 1 - 20 - 29 (Job Sheet EDR-2) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EDR40 Drainage Water Mgt Level 2 - 30 - 39 (Job Sheet EDR-2) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EDR40 Drainage Water Mgt Level 3 - 40 - 49 (Job Sheet EDR-2) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EDR40 Drainage Water Mgt Level 4 - 50 - 59 (Job Sheet EDR-2) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EDR40 Drainage Water Mgt Level 5 - 60 or more (Job Sheet EDR-2) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EWM40 Irrigation Enhancement Index Level 1 -60 - 64%. (Job Sheet EWM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EWM40 Irrigation Enhancement Index Level 2 -65 - 69%. (Job Sheet EWM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EWM40 Irrigation Enhancement Index Level 3 -70 - 74%. (Job Sheet EWM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EWM40 Irrigation Enhancement Index Level 4 -75 - 79%. (Job Sheet EWM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EWM40 Irrigation Enhancement Index Level 5 -80 - 84%. (Job Sheet EWM-1) | Acre | NONE | |
| EWM | Enhancement - Water Management | EWM40 Irrigation Enhancement Index Level 6 -85% or greater. (Job Sheet EWM-1) | Acre | NONE | |