Farm Conservation Plan NJ: Farm Management Plans That Hold Up
A good plan is what makes everything else work: tax status, preservation, grants and cost share. Curated Nature Contractors, based in Hammonton, helps landowners get a farm conservation plan and a farm management plan in place. We serve farms in Atlantic, Camden and Burlington counties and beyond.
Check if my land qualifiesConservation plan or management plan
A conservation plan comes through your local Soil Conservation District and NRCS. We do not write NRCS plans. We help you request one and follow it. A farm management plan, or farm operating plan, is about the business side: what to grow, what it costs, and how it sells.
What we handle
- Help requesting and following an NRCS conservation plan through your local Soil Conservation District
- Soil testing and a fertility plan based on the results
- Farm operating plans: what to grow, what it costs, and how it sells
- Cost share and grant applications, including NRCS programs and SADC Soil and Water Conservation Grants for preserved farms. Our owner serves on the Atlantic County Agriculture Development Board, so we do not prepare SADC Soil and Water Conservation grant applications for Atlantic County farms.
Why the plan matters
Preserved farms must have a conservation plan within one year of preservation, so it is part of farmland preservation. Plans and records also support your farmland assessment application. As farmers first, we build operating plans around what the land can actually do.
Frequently asked questions
Do you write NRCS conservation plans?
No. We help you request an NRCS conservation plan through your local Soil Conservation District and then follow it.
When is a conservation plan due on a preserved farm?
Within one year of preservation. It is developed with NRCS and approved by your local Soil Conservation District, and we help you request it and follow it.
What grants can you help with?
We help with cost share and grant applications, including NRCS programs and SADC Soil and Water Conservation Grants for preserved farms outside Atlantic County.
What is in a farm operating plan?
It covers what to grow, what it costs, and how it sells.
Related services
- Farmland preservation in NJ where a conservation plan is required
- Farmland assessment in NJ for the records behind your application
- Woodland management plans in NJ for wooded acres
Grown right, the way nature intended.