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**NOTE: Please complete the Alternative Cropping System information on back or
submit your own form of proposed cropping changes.
POTENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR LOW INTENSITY AG OPERATIONS
(Not an all-inclusive list)
Convert the operation from a traditional row crop operation to a grass based rotation, or
Convert from a higher intensity 3-crop rotation (i.e. corn, sorghum, and ryegrass) to a lower
intensity crop rotation (i.e. peanuts, peas, grass, etc.), including areas irrigated by center pivot end
guns, or
Convert from row crop and/or hay operation to a forestry operation, or
Convert from a row crop and/or hay operation to a lower density (FDACS BMP approved rate)
cow-calf operation.
For livestock operations with higher stocking rates per acre, conversions could include, among
other things, the following:
o Conversion to a less intensive operation (fewer or no animal units). Examples include
conversion to a timber, hay or grass based rotation, or a 2-crop rotation operation like a
peanuts/other legumes/rye rotation.
Examples of Potential Cropping Systems for Suwannee Agricultural Springs Pilot Project:
Current Land
Use/Crop
IFAS
Recommended
New Land
Use/Crop
IFAS
Recommended
Potential N
Reduction
(lbs/ac
Gallons per acre
reduction
(gal/ac)
N Rate (lbs/ac) N Rate (lbs/ac.)
Triple Crop
Irrigation
430
Double Crop
Irrigation (i.e.
Peanuts,
Rye)
70 - 140 290 - 360 170,000
(Corn, Sorghum,
Rye)
or Grass
based
500 Cow Dairy
700 Pine
Plantation
30 670 200,000