ASTC Qualified Stewardship Practices
Our final list of Qualified Stewardship Practices was determined by the eight practices included in legislation, comments from farmers and ranchers during stakeholder meetings, and lessons learned from the Colorado Soil Health Program.
Producers qualify for the tax credit if they are newly adopting these practices OR if they have been implementing these practices previously.
Sorted into cropping type categories, the practices are as follows:
Click on any of the practices to see a one-pager with details about the practice implementation and payments.
Annual Practices
Cover Cropping/Seasonal Crop Rotation
Managed Livestock Grazing on Cover Crops
Use of Seed without Neonicotinoid Coatings
Perennial Practices
Planting/Overseeding on Perennial Hayland
Rangeland Planting/Overseeding
Supplemental Practices
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