EI2-LMCMttr Farming, Saturday, April It, 1957
SCS Employees Define ‘Wetlands’ For Swampbuster Program
HARRISBURG - Farmers are
being told that if they drain or
farm a wetland, they will lose
benefits from a large number of
U.S. Department of Agriculture
programs. The question many
farmers are asking is, “what is a
wetland?”
According to Robert Heidecker,
a state resource conservationist
with the USDA Soil Conservation
Service, under the swampbuster
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provision of the 1965 Farm Bill,
USDA defines a wetland as soils
that are covered with standing
water or are water saturated most
of the year, to the extent that they
grow mostly water loving plants.
“Both conditions, wet soils and
wetlands plants, must exist for the
land to be classed as a wetland,”
added Heidecker. The USDA Soil
Conservation Service maintains
lists of wet soils and water-loving
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As a bargaining cooperative,
United serves its members by
providing economic and in
formation services, educational
programs, legislative review and
representation, and striving to
improve the farmer’s market.
Serving as officers for United
are President James Patsos,
Waterloo; Secretary Glen Seeley,
Syracuse; and Roland Schallen
berg, WestemvUle. “We are ex
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venture,” stated Patsos.
plants which make up a wetland
designation.
Farmers who plant a crop on an
existing wetland or on a wetland
that was drained or filled since
Dec. 23, 1985 will not be able to
participate in most other USDA
farm programs. This includes such
USDA farm program as com
modity price supports. Farmers
Home Administration loans, crop
insurance, CCC storage payments,
farm storage facility loans and
conservation reserve program
annual payments. Heidecker
reminded farmers that eligibility
will be lost not only for the wetland
that is cropped, but for the entire
farm operation.
“Eligibility may be regained any
year by not planting a crop on the
converted wetland,’’ added
Heidecker.
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provision are (1) if the wetland
was drained prior to December 23,
1965; (2) if the wetland results
from an artifical condition, such as
irrigation; (3) crops were planted
on the wetland as a result of
natural conditions such as
drought; and (4) where SCS has
determined that conversion would
have a minimal effect on wetland
values.
The swampbuster provision of
the Food Security Act of 1985,
commonly referred to as the 1965
Farm Bill, is aimed at
discouraging the conversion of
wetland to agricultural purposes.
Many farmers have drained and
planted wetlands to crops, under
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commodity support programs.
More than one-half of the
wetlands that existed when
America was settled are gone,
Wetlands are some of our most
diverse and productive habitat for
waterfowl and wildlife. They help
control floodwaters, recharge
aquifers and provide many
recreational and environmental
opportunities.
For more information on
Swampbuster, contact the local
office of SCS or the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service. SCS conservationists can
tell you if you have wetlands. ASCS
personnel can provide information
about the effects of Swampbuster
on USDA assistance programs.
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