Florida NRCS Signup Deadline is Friday

Dan Florida, USDA-NRCS

Florida farmers, ranchers and forest owners can apply until December 21 for financial and technical assistance from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for fiscal year 2019 funding. While applications are accepted on a continuous basis for all programs, funding selections are typically made once a year.

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Through EQIP, agricultural landowners may receive financial and technical assistance to improve soil, water, air, plants, animals and related resources. Eligible land includes cropland, rangeland, pastureland, private non-industrial forestland and other farm or ranch lands. The application deadline also applies to the following EQIP-funded initiatives:

·        Organic Producer Initiative

·        Seasonal High Tunnels

·        Energy Initiative

·        Pollinator Initiative

·        Longleaf Pine Initiative

·        Working Lands for Wildlife

·        Strikeforce

Learn more by visiting your local NRCS field office.