EQIP Signup Continues in Alabama

Dan Alabama, USDA-NRCS

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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama reminds landowners the signup batching deadline for Fiscal Year 2019 funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is April 25, 2019.

Special emphasis participants like socially disadvantaged, limited resource, and beginning farmers and ranchers are eligible for a higher payment rate, plus can receive up to 50 percent advanced payment for purchasing materials or contracting.

More information is available on the Alabama NRCS website, or contact your local USDA service center.