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Colored Graph Handout
Colored Graph Handout
Colored Graph Handout
$100
Reduction Actions
$90
Manure/Fertilizer Mgmt
per lb. of P Loss
Feed Management
Reduced on
Crop Rotation Changes
$80 Vermont Farms
Cost per Pound of P Loss Reduction
Tillage
Sediment Traps
$70
Contouring
$60 Buffers
Cover Crop
$50
$40
Any P reduction
$30 action (colored
vertical bars) cost
that was below the
$20
incentive payment
of $25 per lb. of P
$10 loss reduced
(darkened horizontal
$0 line) is considered a
good business
-$10 decision resulting
Individual Farm-level P Reduction Actions in increased profit
for the farmer.
$100
Cost of Specific P
Manure/Fertilizer Management
Reduction Actions
$90 Crop Rotation Changes
per lb. of P Loss
Tillage Reduced on Iowa
$80 Farms
Cost per Pound of P Loss Reduction
Sediment Traps
Contouring
$70
Buffers
Cover Crop
$60
$50
$40
Any P reduction
$30 action (colored
vertical bars) cost
that was below the
$20
incentive payment
of $10 per lb. of P
$10 loss reduced
(darkened horizontal
$0 line) is considered a
good business
-$10 decision resulting
Individual Farm-level P Reduction Actions in increased profit
for the farmer.