DEGRADED Excessive pest damage to 205.206 Crop pest, Pasture Condition Pest damage to weed, and disease plants does not plants including that from PLANT management practice PLANTS Database exceed economic, undesired plants, diseases, CONDITION - standard environmental animals, soil borne Excess Pest thresholds or other pathogens, and nematodes client-identified criteria This concern addresses Plant pests, invasive plant, animal and including noxious insect species and invasive species, are managed to eradicate, control or minimize spread Plant Condition Score - insect and disease pressure ≥ 4 Plant Condition Score - site adaptation 4 ≥ Do existing conditions or proposed alternatives meet the minimum treatment criteria? (Describe or attach evaluation) Fields that DO NOT Meet Minimum Criteria LIVESTOCK Feed and forage quality or 205.240 Pasture practice Provide a minimum Assessment of of 30% of a forage/feed needs quantity is inadequate for standard ruminant’s dry matter versus availability nutritional needs and intake, on average, determined using production goals of the LIMITATION over the course of the GRAS - Grassland kinds and classes of grazing season as Resource Analysis Inadequate – livestock established by the System; NutBAl - feed and forage state NRCS Nutritional Balancer tool; or other state recognized tools Do existing conditions or proposed alternatives meet the minimum treatment criteria? (Describe or attach evaluation) Fields that DO NOT Meet Minimum Criteria
DEGRADED PLANT CONDITION - Excess Pest Excessive pest damage to plants including that from undesired plants, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes This concern addresses invasive plant, animal and insect species 205.206 Crop pest, weed, and disease management practice standard Pest damage to plants does not exceed economic, environmental thresholds or other client-identified criteria Plant pests, including noxious and invasive species, are managed to eradicate, control or minimize spread Plant Condition Score - insect and disease pressure ≥ 4 Plant Condition Score - site adaptation ≥ 4 Pasture Condition PLANTS Database Do existing conditions or proposed alternatives meet the minimum treatment criteria? (Describe or attach evaluation) Fields that DO NOT Meet Minimum Criteria LIVESTOCK LIMITATION – Inadequate feed and forage Feed and forage quality or quantity is inadequate for nutritional needs and production goals of the kinds and classes of livestock 205.240 Pasture practice standard Provide a minimum of 30% of a ruminant’s dry matter intake, on average, over the course of the grazing season as established by the state NRCS Assessment of forage/feed needs versus availability determined using GRAS - Grassland Resource Analysis System; NutBAl - Nutritional Balancer tool; or other state recognized tools Do existing conditions or proposed alternatives meet the minimum treatment criteria? (Describe or attach evaluation) Fields that DO NOT Meet Minimum Criteria
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