Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter I - Definitions and General Provisions › Section ATCP 50.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Agricultural practice" means beekeeping;
				  commercial feedlots; dairying; egg production; floriculture; fish or fur
				  farming; grazing; livestock raising; orchards; poultry raising; raising of
				  grain, grass, mint, or seed crops; raising of fruits, nuts, or berries; sod
				  farming; placing land in federal programs in return for payments in kind;
				  owning land, at least 35 acres of which is enrolled in the conservation reserve
				  program under 16 USC
				  3831 to
				  3836; or vegetable
				  raising.
(2) "Conservation
				  practice" means a facility or practice that is designed to prevent or reduce
				  soil erosion, prevent or reduce non- point source water pollution, or achieve
				  or maintain compliance with soil and water conservation standards.
				  "Conservation practice" includes a nutrient management plan and DATCP 01
				  Verification of Depth to Bedrock.
(2m) "Contaminated runoff" means runoff, as
				  defined in s.
				  NR 151.002
				  (40), that comes into contact with feed or
				  manure. "Contaminated runoff" includes the liquid and any sediment, manure,
				  feed, or other material carried in the liquid.
(3) "Cost-shared practice" means a
				  conservation practice financed by a cost-share grant.
(4) "Cost-share grant" is a means to
				  reimburse a landowner for part of the cost to install or maintain a
				  conservation practice identified in the grant.
Note:
See s.
					 ATCP
					 50.40.
(4m) "Cost-sharing" means the action of
				  financing a conservation practice by means of a cost-share grant.
(5) "County drainage board" means a board
				  created and appointed under s.
				  88.17, Stats.
(6) "County land conservation committee"
				  means the committee created by a county board under s.
				  92.06, Stats. "County land
				  conservation committee" includes employees or agents of a county land
				  conservation committee who, with committee authorization, act on behalf of the
				  committee.
(7) "CREP program" means
				  the combined state-federal conservation reserve enhancement program under s.
				  93.70,
				  Stats. and 16 USC
				  3834(f)(4).
(8) "Department" means the state of Wisconsin
				  department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(9) "DNR" means the state of Wisconsin
				  department of natural resources.
(10) "Farm" means a parcel of land on which a
				  landowner conducts one or more agricultural practices.
(10g) "Financial Assistance" means funding in
				  the form of a cost-share grant, incentives, performance payments or other
				  payments that are provided to a landowner to adopt or install conservation
				  practices.
(10r) "Incentive" means
				  a form of a flat-rate payment or stipend made to a landowner to install
				  conservation practices.
(12)
				  "Individual" means a natural person.
(13) "Lake district" means a public inland
				  lake protection and rehabilitation district created under subch. IV of ch. 33,
				  Stats.
(13m) "Land conservation
				  committee" means a committee created by a county board that meets the
				  requirements in s. 92.06, Stats.
(14) "Land out of agricultural production"
				  means acreage that the owner can no longer use for normal crop or livestock
				  production. Land is not taken "out of agricultural production," for purposes of
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.08, if the landowner is free to use it for pasture,
				  hay production, and cropping subject to residue management.
(15) "Landowner" means any of the following:
(a) A person who owns a parcel of
				  land.
(b) A person who rents,
				  controls, or uses a parcel of land for agricultural purposes.