The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced that the application deadline for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is Aug. 15 to be considered for funding in fiscal year 2016.
This deadline is for applications for EQIP local field office fund pool categories (such as animal waste, cropland, forestry, seasonal high tunnels, pasture, and wildlife) and the statewide fund pool categories (Beginning Farmer, Socially Disadvantaged, Tribal projects, Water Conservation/Irrigation, Aquatic Organism Passage Projects, Conservation Activity Plans, On-Farm Energy and Organic).
EQIP provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers in order to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation or improved or created wildlife habitat.
For more information visit nrcs.usda.gov.
