Discussion forum for the various methods and structures used for getting an early start on your growing season, extending it for several weeks or even year 'round.
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February 3, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Illinois
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Good info PureHarvest! I need to check into it again. I grow on a 360 acre farm owned by my cousins, I have a 2 acre plot (surrounded by timber) I can pretty much do whatever I want, I was looking at me applying for the grant, which probably wouldn't work... But if my cousins applied, since they grow corn and beans on the property, they probably would... Interesting!
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February 3, 2016 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b
Posts: 1,369
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They can sign a Land Use form and assign you as the "Operator". It is a simple one page form. You can then sign up as an individual (instead of a business entity) and just use your Social Security number which makes all the application paperwork MUCH easier.
Keep in mind that if you apply in 2016 (our deadline here is mid-October) you will not get ranked and then potentially approved until spring 2017. So it is not an instant approval. |
February 3, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Illinois
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Thanks so much PureHarvest! You're a wealth of information!
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February 6, 2016 | #4 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wisconsin
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Last edited by Raiquee; February 6, 2016 at 09:25 AM. |
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February 6, 2016 | #5 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b
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Example: you have purchased materials or things that show you are doing something other than growing a personal garden or raising plants for your own use. You have FSA assign you a farm and tract number. You have the potential to farm. Note: you don't need to have a corporation/LLC or use a farm name. In fact, the paperwork is much easier if you go that route. I will ask for clarification on Monday. When I first started this job, I asked if bee keepers were ag producers, and they said if the person collected and sold honey, YES. NO talk of scale either. I will get more details and get back to you. |
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February 6, 2016 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Texas
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My ag office told me the grant is only available to farmers tilling the soil not raised bed and or container growers like me.
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February 6, 2016 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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February 6, 2016 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois, zone 6
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February 6, 2016 | #9 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b
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No pots or benches is correct. They don't want people raising potted plants for sale. Here is the practice standard. It is not gospel though (when you read this you might feel overwhelmed with the rules. nobody is doing all the things in this standard like uncovering the tunnel every winter). Basically you build the size you say you are going to, buy it from an approved supplier, and grow a crop in it. The rest is typical government overkill in writing rules and standards. https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/refer...3_15_Final.pdf Also, the lifespan for the HT program is 4 years. So after that, you no longer have to follow any NRCS guidelines and it is your to do with what you want. And depending on your planner and your relationship with them, exceptions are made for things depending on how you document or present your ideas to them. Such as showing it is cheaper to grow a row of 5-gallon bags, than building a 72' long raised bed, and emphasizing that you are turning a crop, not growing plants for resale. Last edited by PureHarvest; February 6, 2016 at 08:15 PM. |
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February 3, 2016 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: San Diego-Tijuana
Posts: 2,598
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I hope it slides off. Manute Bol wouldn't have hit his head in there.
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February 3, 2016 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
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Lots of good info, now I just need to actually turn a profit for 3 years
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February 3, 2016 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,836
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February 3, 2016 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: kentucky
Posts: 1,116
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February 3, 2016 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b
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Big Van, I'm not sure if you mean to get a grant, or you just need to turn a profit LOL
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February 3, 2016 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b
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pmc, or anyone for that matter, just ask me if you have any questions regarding NRCS cost share programs. My program guide is 152 pages!
Don't have a well/water for your high tunnel? There's a program for that! Including the pipe to get the water from your well to your structure! |
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