USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama reminds landowners in the state the signup batching deadline for Fiscal Year 2019 for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and initiatives offered through the program is April 25, 2019. This EQIP signup includes wildlife, forestry, cropland erosion, cropland irrigation, grazing land, and water quality concerns. There are also various National and Statewide initiatives included like On-Farm Energy, Organic, Seasonal High Tunnel, Feral Swine Management, Soil Quality and more.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis, but selecting applications for funding is completed periodically through batching periods with specific cutoff dates.
For more information, visit your local USDA Service Center or go to the Alabama NRCS website.