Innovative Agriculture and Marketing Partnership for Idaho (IAMP) is a public, private, tribal partnership that will increase adoption of agricultural practices that can reduce greenhouse gasses (GHG) and increase soil carbon in Idaho and build climate-smart markets for these commodities. Producers of seven commodities, barley, beef, chickpeas, hops, potatoes, sugar beets and wheat grown in Idaho can enroll with IAMP to receive incentives for eight agricultural practices. This table provides a summary of the practices with incentive payments and verification requirements. Links are provided to more detailed practice descriptions and, where applicable, associated NRCS practices. Producers can apply following the link on the project website (https://iamp.uidaho.edu).
Practices | Incentives | Verification |
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No Tillage from More Intensive Tillage Seeding directly into or through previous crop residue without any other mechanical soil preparation and managing residues on the soil surface year-round. Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 329 |
$60/acre/year of implementation + $ for required plant and soil testing. |
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Reduced Tillage from Conventional Tillage Limiting soil-disturbance from tillage by modifying methods to those that limit inversion tillage operations such as replacing moldboard plowing and harrowing with chisel or similar implement. Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 345 |
$40/acre/year of implementation + $ for required plant and soil testing. |
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Cover Cropping A seasonal/annual vegetative cover that is not harvested, baled, or sold as a specific commodity (other than grazing - see IAMP Prescribed Grazing Practice). Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 340 |
$74/acre/year, for the years that the cover crop is planted. |
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Conservation Crop Rotation Practice A minimum 3-year crop rotation that includes at least one resource conserving crop as determined for Idaho. Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 328 |
$38/acre/year in the year(s) with an additional crop to the baseline rotation. |
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Interseeding A crop planted in the same cropping cycle with a primary cash crop. Examples include interseeding legumes, relay cropping, mix cropping, companion planting or living mulch. Producers may be able to reduce applied N from baseline for the primary crop depending on the practice. Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 328 |
$60/acre/year of implementation. |
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Prescribed Grazing Grazing cattle on private land enrolled to implement another IAMP practice such as cover cropping. Cropland may be managed by the rancher or by another IAMP participant. If the latter, contracts to the two producers must be linked. Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 528 |
$1/head day of grazing on IAMP enrolled acreage. Payment made to cropland owner or manager. |
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Nutrient Management with Reduced Applied Inorganic N Management that reduces applied N during a specific cropping year by at least 15% below the verified baseline. Methods can include substituting inorganic N (if not part of another IAMP practice) and precision N application. Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 590 |
$55/acre/year of implementation and an additional $1/acre/year for each 1% reduction greater than 15% up to a maximum 50% reduction + $ for required plant and soil testing. |
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Nutrient Management with a 15% replacement of synthetic inorganic N with manure or compost
sources Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Code 590 |
$60/acre/year for compost or manure to replace 15% of inorganic N applications from baseline, and an additional $1/acre/year for each 1% inorganic N reduction greater than 15% up to a maximum 50% reduction + $ for required plant, manure and soil testing. |
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Biochar Application Detailed IAMP practice description Associated NRCS Codes 336 and 808 |
$60/acre in the year of application. |
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