Cropland & Pasture Land Assessment is part of the UVI-CES
VI*A*Syst Program.
The VI*A*Syst Assessment
is a tool that can help you conduct a complete environmental
assessment of your home, yard, business and/or farm. The VI*A*Syst
Assessment uses a simple YES
or NO checklist of questions
about specific topics, such as assessing your crop or pasture
land. Depending on your answer to the questions, you will
be directed to a matching factsheet that will give you more
detailed information on the topic. The factsheets will also
help you develop an Action Plan to implement practices or
change behaviors to protect your family's health, your property
values, and the environment. Simple and low cost individual
activities go a long way in preventing pollution!
Download
the Assessing Your Cropland
to Protect Water Quality or the Assessing
Your Pasture Land to Protect Water Quality factsheets
in Adobe
Acrobat format here. Click the Adobe button to download
Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view and print our publications.
UVI-CES also offers workshops and presentations for farmers
to learn how to assess and manage their crop and/or pastureland
to maximize production and protect human & environmental
health. The Farm Assessment
workshop provides our clients with the following information:
- Assessing Your Site Conditions –
The Key to Pollution Prevention & Sustainability
- Knowing your soil
- Pollution Sources & Pathways
- Risk Levels of Different Soils
& Practices
- Pastureland Management
- Pasture plants & coverage
- Pasture layout/rotation
- Proximity to waterbodies (guts,
ponds, shorelines), alternative shade & water supplies
- Cropland Management
- Use of structural & vegetative
barriers
- Irrigation, water management
- Nutrient management; storage
& handling practices
- Pest & Pesticide management
- Mulching & composting
Visit the VI*A*Syst page to view
a list of our Farm Assessment
workshop presentations. Visit our Water
Quality Publications page to download more factsheets
and publications on conserving soil, water and plants on your
property. For more information on crop and pasture land management,
contact Dale Morton at
340-693-1086.
Sites for More Crop & Pasture Land
Management Info:
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