ATCP 50.75(3)(a)(a) Electric fence energizers.
ATCP 50.75(3)(b)(b) Portable fences and equipment used to contain or exclude livestock.
ATCP 50.75(3)(c)(c) Fencing, gates, or other equipment used primarily for the purpose of segregating, handling, or feeding livestock, rather than protecting an erodible area or a practice under this subchapter.
ATCP 50.75(4)(4)Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse livestock fencing costs unless all of the following conditions are met:
ATCP 50.75(4)(a)(a) The livestock fencing complies with all of the following that apply:
ATCP 50.75(4)(a)1.1. NRCS conservation practice standard 382 fence (January, 2014).
ATCP 50.75(4)(a)2.2. NRCS conservation practice standard 472 access control (January, 2018).
ATCP 50.75(4)(b)(b) The landowner agrees to maintain the livestock fencing practice for 10 years unless farming operations on the affected land are discontinued.
ATCP 50.75 HistoryHistory: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075: am. (4) (a) 1. and 2. Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016: am. (4) (a) 1., 2. Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 14-047: am. (4) (a) 1. Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15; CR 16-083: am. (4) (a) 2. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 23-024: am. (4) (a) 1., 2. Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24.
ATCP 50.76ATCP 50.76Livestock watering facilities.
ATCP 50.76(1)(1)Definition. In this section, “livestock watering facility” means a trough, tank, pipe, conduit, spring development, pump, well, or other device or combination of devices installed to deliver drinking water to livestock.
ATCP 50.76(2)(2)Cost-share eligibility. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a livestock watering facility if the livestock watering facility is a necessary component of a prescribed grazing system funded under s. ATCP 50.80, or if all of the following conditions are met:
ATCP 50.76(2)(a)(a) The livestock watering facility will do one of the following:
ATCP 50.76(2)(a)1.1. Prevent nonpoint source water pollution by replacing livestock access to a stream or other natural drinking water source.
ATCP 50.76(2)(a)2.2. Water livestock that are isolated from a natural drinking water source by another conservation practice under this subchapter.
ATCP 50.76(2)(b)(b) The livestock watering facility is necessary to achieve water quality objectives.
ATCP 50.76(2)(c)(c) Installing the livestock watering facility is less expensive than providing environmentally safe livestock access to a natural source of drinking water.
ATCP 50.76(3)(3)Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of designing and constructing a livestock watering facility.
ATCP 50.76(4)(4)Ineligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse costs for any of the following:
ATCP 50.76(4)(a)(a) More than one livestock watering facility when the need for more than one watering facility is created by the segregation or handling of livestock within a manure management system. This paragraph does not apply when the need for more than one livestock watering facility is created by the segregation or handling of livestock within a prescribed grazing system.
ATCP 50.76(4)(b)(b) A water supply used for purposes other than providing drinking water to livestock.
ATCP 50.76(4)(c)(c) Installing a livestock watering facility if there is a less expensive way to water livestock, consistent with soil and water conservation goals.
ATCP 50.76(5)(5)Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant may not reimburse the cost of establishing a livestock watering facility unless all of the following conditions are met:
ATCP 50.76(5)(a)(a) The livestock watering facility complies with all of the following that apply:
ATCP 50.76(5)(a)1.1. NRCS conservation practice standard 574 spring development (August, 2021).
ATCP 50.76(5)(a)2.2. NRCS conservation practice standard 614 watering facility (June, 2021).
ATCP 50.76(5)(a)3.3. NRCS conservation practice standard 642 water well (August, 2021).
ATCP 50.76(5)(a)4.4. NRCS conservation practice standard 516 livestock pipeline (June, 2021).
ATCP 50.76(5)(a)5.5. Chapter NR 812, related to well construction and pump installation.