Alabama NRCS Announces Special Poultry Litter Distribution Project

The Alabama Litter Distribution Project, a special project for Alabama designated by the NRCS State Conservationist, is now funded by 2007  Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) funds at the state level. The objective of this project is to create an incentive to distribute litter to areas of the state that has historically not used litter and to move litter from areas of high concentration to low concentration areas. This will reduce litter application in areas where it has traditionally been over applied.

This project is intended to fund incentive payments for three years for the hauling of poultry litter. This project is to cover the costs of hauling the litter only, not the cost of purchasing, loading, or storing the litter. Payments are based on the tons of litter hauled and the mileage between the litter source and the receiving farm. Payment will be made only for hauling litter for the purpose of land application at agronomic rates on land which has not received litter in the previous three years. Land application according to a phosphorus index and a nutrient budget is considered an agronomic rate for the purpose of this project.

Land physically located in the following counties are ineligible for this project because they are considered high concentration areas. These counties are Cullman, DeKalb, Marshall, Blount, Coffee, Franklin, Crenshaw, Lawrence, Morgan, Jackson, Winston, Pike, and Geneva. Owners and operators of poultry operations are ineligible for this project.

The mileage on the County Mileage Limits map is the maximum mileage rate for each county. Each county will qualify for a mileage range from the maximum rate of 150 miles to the minimum range of 50 miles.

The recipient of the litter may be paid the cost list rate per ton at the application mileage range rate not to exceed the maximum mileage rate shown for the county of the receiving farm location. Litter may be hauled from a farther distance, but payment will be limited to the maximum mileage range indicated by the maximum mileage rate on the map.  Local field offices are accepting applications. 

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