The Citizen, 1991-08-28, Page 11THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1991. PAGE 11.
September deadline for soil conservation funds
Farmers have until September 27
to submit proposals for funding to
take fragile land out of production.
In a unique $9 million, thrcc-ycar
program, Agriculture Canada is
offering funding of up to $10,000
to encourage farmers to plant these
fragile lands in grass or trees. The
Permanent Cover Program is a
component of Agriculture Canada's
National Soil Conservation Pro
gram and is administered by the
Ontario Soil and Crop Improve
ment Association (OSCIA).
“Our goal is to make 8,000 acres
of fragile land out of rowcrop pro
duction,” says Harold Rudy, Pro
gram Manager with the OSCIA.
Land is considered fragile if it is
currently tilled and subject to water
erosion, wind erosion or flooding.
“So far we're on target. Since the
program started in 1990, we've
received over 1,200 bids and accept
ed 770. Our job now is to encourage
farmers who didn't bid the first time
around, or whose bids were not suc
cessful, to put in a bid this lime
around,” Rudy adds.
About $5.6 million has been allo
cated by Agriculture Canada to all
counties and districts in Ontario
based on row crop acreage.
Eligible projects can include buffer
strips with permanent grass or grass
and trees, enhanced buffers or block
planting of trees on highly erodible
land and flood plains. Central to the
program is an agreement that the land
will stay under permanent cover for
five, 10 or 15 years.
Farmers submit scaled bids to their
local OSCIA Committee, which then
decides whether or not to accept the
bid. “The bid system lets the farmer
decide on the appropriate level of
compensation for taking fragile land
out of production,” says Rudy.
To establish acceptable compensa
tion, a farmer can include items such
as the cost of taking the land out of
production, land taxes as well as the
time and materials to plant Lie land
into permanent cover.
Pulling together a quality bid does
take time, says Rudy. A good bid will
include, for example, an accurate
sketch of the site to the nearest tenth
of an acre, a five-year cropping histo
ry, a description of the terrain, soil
type and structure, the current stale of
land degradation and drainage struc
tures currently in place. “The fanner
Grand Bend boundary claim scaled down
Huron will not have a bite taken
out of its territory to be added to
Grand Bend under the most recent
report of the Lambton Boundary
Application Committee.
Originally Grand Bend had
applied to annex portions of Bosan-
quet Township (in Lambton) and
Stephen township (in Huron). The
Stephen Township land grab would
have included such areas as the
Oakwood Golf Course and Grand
Cove Estates. The loss would have
deprived Stephen township of 20
per cent of its assessment, and had
an impact on all Huron county tax
payers because the loss of that
should also provide a clear plan of
how he will put this land into perma
nent cover, the species that will be
used, with a timetable for implemen
tation,” he says.
Information meetings and work
shops on this program and the bid
assessment would have increased
costs for county services to the rest
of the county.
The report says "...the committee
is not prepared to recommend the
wholesale transfer of developed
land to the village at the expense of
Stephen township. The Stephen
residents do not appear to want it
and it would cripple the township."
The committee is continuing
negotiations with Stephen officials
in an effort to come up with a pro
posal that would not affect the
township’s population and assess
ment to such a great extent. The
committee noted the effect the larg-
ding process have been scheduled for
all counties and districts. Farmers
interested in obtaining bid forms or
further information about the pro
gram or the bidding process should
contact their local OSCIA commit
tees.
er change would have on county
structures. "Loss of existing assess
ment in Stephen not only adversely
effects the township, but also hurls
Huron County and their school
boards. It is too late to take large
chunks of existing Bosanquct and
Stephen assessment."
The committee proposes to add
abut 150 acres of undeveloped land
in Bosanquct to Grand Bend and is
continuing negotiations with
Stephen about undeveloped land
there but areas within the town
ships that arc already developed
will be left under township control.
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