Which option should be selected for Item #6 Winter Food Source (Cropland Worksheet) if different management actions are used across a crop rotation?
Average the scores across the crop rotation. For example, in a three crop rotation of corn-beans-wheat, the applicant may conduct fall tillage following corn (a), not conduct fall tillage after beans (b), and provide a winter cover crop in the form of winter wheat (f). Therefore, a check mark should be placed in each of the applicable boxes and the total number of check marks needs to total the number of years in the crop rotation. The field office staff will then need to average the scores across the rotation. For the example listed above, 0.0 + 0.1 + 1.0 = 1.1 / 3 = .37 – The closest number is 0.3 so “c” would be checked on the electronic score sheet. It is likely that the applicant has not completed this question as desired and will either need to make corrections at the time the folder is checked in or a follow up phone call to the applicant will be needed to clarify what options apply to each year of the crop rotation.
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