When Calvin T. McGhee, Jr., began working with his son and namesake to re-establish McGhee Farms in Louisa County, he knew they didn’t want to continue down the same path the family had followed for ...

It takes intentionality to meet the requirements, but it’s possible to layer federal and private conservation programs to add extra cash to your bottom line. “When carbon programs are appropriately ...

From coast to coast, farmers and ranchers have found the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service to be a great place to find cost share funds to implement practices ...

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) will soon emerge more fully equipped, so to say, for a broader spectrum of farm conservation assistance as USDA implements 2018 farm bill program ...

The Department of Agriculture has finalized a rule making soil health, comprehensive nutrient management plan, and advanced payment changes to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The rule ...

NRCS Oklahoma Announces First FY2024 Application Batching Date for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) and Environmental Quality Incentives ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has established the Fiscal year (FY) 2025 application batching date for the first FY 2025 application evaluation ...

Sara George was standing in the middle of her kale field when she first heard about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. George grows about a dozen acres of specialty crops like berries, ...

Indiana’s agricultural producers who want to improve natural resources and address concerns on their land are encouraged to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program through the ...

Iowa landowners are used to hearing “no” when they apply for federal conservation funding. Fewer than one-quarter of Iowa applications for cost sharing through the Environmental Quality Incentives ...

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Pennsylvania is making $2 million available to landowners with preserved farms to install conservation best management practices, or BMPs, ...

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