2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Land Cover Summary

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1 2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Land Cover Summary Number of Fields Percent of Total Fields Total Acres Percent of Acres ALFALFA 3 0.7% % CORN % 2, % CRP FALLOW 5 1.2% % GRAIN SORGHUM % 3, % PASTURE % % RANGELAND % 7, % SOYBEAN % 7, % SUDAN GRASS 3 0.7% % SUNFLOWER 3 0.7% % URBAN/RESIDENTIAL WHEAT % 4, % OTHER (Total) % 1, % Cotton % 1, % TOTAL FIELDS , Unidentified row crop

2 2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Tillage Summary Number of Fields Percent of Tillage Fields Total Acres Percent of Tillage Acres NO TILL % 7, % (Greater than 30% Residue) REDUCED TILL 0 0.0% - 0.0% (15-30% Residue) CONVENTIONAL TILL % 9, % (Less than 15% Residue) OTHER METHODS (TOTAL) Continuous No Till Burn Mulch Till Ridge Till Strip Till 5 1.5% % 2 0.6% % 2 0.6% % 1 0.3% % TOTAL , TILLAGE FIELDS ,895.8

3 2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Tillage by Land Cover Summary Number of Fields Percent Tillage of Crop Acres Percent of Acres ALFALFA Conventional Till % % Not Applicable % % CORN 35 2,494.7 No Till % % Reduced Till % % Conventional Till % 1, % Continuous No Till 1 2.8% % FALLOW No Till % % Conventional Till % % GRAIN SORGHUM 62 3,534.8 No Till % 1, % Reduced Till 4 6.5% % Conventional Till % 1, % Burn 1 1.6% % PASTURE & RANGELAND 55 8,229.8 Not Applicable % 8, % SOYBEAN 158 7,818.0 No Till % 3, % Reduced Till % 1, % Conventional Till % 2, % Mulch Till 1 0.6% % SUDAN GRASS Conventional Till % %

4 SUNFLOWER No Till % % Conventional Til % % WHEAT 80 4,635.5 No Till % % Reduced Till 5 6.3% % Conventional Till % 3, % Continuous No Till 1 1.3% % Burn 1 1.3% % OTHER (Total) 13 1,032.3 Cotton 13 1,032.3 No Till % % Conventional Till % % TOTAL FIELDS ,154.7

5 2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Extrapolation to Entire County Using FSA Acreage Percent Tillage of Crop Acres Surveyed Total Acres of Crop Planted (FSA) Estimate of acres per crop per tillage practice CORN 20,289.0 No Till 40.0% 8,115.6 Reduced Till 14.3% 2,901.3 Conventional Till 42.9% 8,704.0 Continuous No Till 2.8% GRAIN SORGHUM 26,124.0 No Till 43.5% 11,363.9 Reduced Till 6.5% 1,698.1 Conventional Till 48.4% 12,644.0 Burn 1.6% SOYBEAN 69,518.0 No Till 48.8% 33,924.8 Reduced Till 13.9% 9,663.0 Conventional Till 36.7% 25,513.1 Mulch Till 0.6% WHEAT 52,596.0 No Till 10.0% 5,259.6 Reduced Till 6.3% 3,313.5 Conventional Till 81.1% 42,655.4 Continuous No Till 1.3% Burn 1.3% FALLOW 5,227.0 No-Till 40.0% 2,090.8 Conventional Till 60.0% 3,136.2 SUNFLOWER 1,335.0 No-Till 33.3% Conventional Till 66.7% COTTON 8,195.0 No-Till 76.9% 6,302.0 Conventional till 23.1% 1,893.0 CRP 8,252.0

6 2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Practices Summary Number of Fields Percent of Practice Acres Percent of Acres TERRACES ,951.7 Greater than 12in % 1, % 6in to 12in % 6, % Less than 6in % 2, % None % 10, % CONDITION OF RANGELAND/PASTURE 53 8,122.0 Good % 6, % Average % 1, % Poor 2 3.8% % BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs) ,101.8 Contour Buffers Contour Farming 2 1.0% % Double Crop % 3, % Field Buffers 7 3.6% % Filter Strips Grass Waterway % 6, % Irrigated Field 5 2.5% % TOTAL FIELDS , WITH PRACTICES , Some fields may have duplicate practices.

7 2010 Growing Season - Cowley County, Kansas Erosion Summary Number of Fields Percent of Assessed Fields Total Acres Percent of Assessed Acres CLASSIC GULLY 8 1.9% % EPHEMERAL GULLY % 9, % SHEET & RILL % 1, % SOIL DEPOSITION 7 1.7% % TOTAL FIELDS ,800.9 WITH EROSION CONCERNS % 11, % TOTAL FIELDS ASSESSED , Some fields may have duplicate forms of erosion.

8 Cowley County - Land Cover Land Cover Alfalfa Cotton Corn Fallow Grain Sorghum Pasture Rangeland Soybean Sudan Grass Sunflower Wheat August 27, 2010

9 Cowley County - Tillage Method Tillage Method No Till Reduced Till Conventional Till Burn Continuous No Till Mulch Till August 27, 2010

10 Cowley County - Rangeland Condition Rangeland Condition Good Average Poor August 27, 2010

11 Cowley County - Terrace Height Terrace Height Greater than 12in 6in to 12in Less than 6in None Not Applicable August 27, 2010

12 Cowley County - BMPs Contour Farming Double Crop Field Buffer Grass Waterway Irrigated August 27, 2010

13 Cowley County - Visible Erosion ClassGully Ephemeral Gully Sheet & Rill August 27, 2010

14 Cowley County - Land Cover with HUC 12s Monitoring Sites Land Cover Alfalfa Cotton HUC 12s Corn Fallow Grain Sorghum Pasture Rangeland Soybean Sudan Grass Sunflower Wheat December 4, 2010

15 Cowley County - Tillage Method with HUC 12s Monitoring Sites Tillage Method No Till Reduced Till HUC 12s Conventional Till Burn Continuous No Till Mulch Till December 4, 2010

16 Cowley County - Terrace Height with HUC 12s Monitoring Sites Terrace Height Greater than 12in 6in to 12in HUC 12s Less than 6in None Not Applicable December 4, 2010

17 Cowley County - BMPs with HUC 12s Monitoring Sites Contour Farming Double Crop Field Buffer HUC 12s Grass Waterway Irrigated December 4, 2010

18 Cowley County - Visible Erosion with HUC 12s Monitoring Sites ClassGully Ephemeral Gully Sheet & Rill HUC 12s December 4, 2010

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