15 February 2009
Apply by Summer 2009 for the Federally Funded Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
02/19/2009 10:36 Filed in: Cost-Share
Oppportunity
Sign up with our San Juan Islands Farm Planner for
Federally funded cost-share through the Environmental
Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)
If you have a farm and/or forest plan and are interested in cost sharing on conservation projects listed in your plan please contact us for the applications.
The ranking is a competitive points based system but is wide open now as we have no applications pending as of today.
July 2009 is the Cut-off Date for Applying to Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Washington’s most popular agricultural conservation program has a new application ranking cut-off date – July 15 – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
EQIP is a voluntary, cost-share assistance program that helps conservation practices including those aimed at helping farmers improve irrigation efficiency; manage nutrient run-off and/or animal waste; improve the health of native plant communities; and reduce soil loss.
In most instances, producers who participate in the program pay for roughly half of the costs of the conservation measures or practices.
http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/news/news_releases/EQIP_Deadline_NR_3-17-08.html
EQIP Quick Guide
If you have a farm and/or forest plan and are interested in cost sharing on conservation projects listed in your plan please contact us for the applications.
The ranking is a competitive points based system but is wide open now as we have no applications pending as of today.
July 2009 is the Cut-off Date for Applying to Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Washington’s most popular agricultural conservation program has a new application ranking cut-off date – July 15 – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
EQIP is a voluntary, cost-share assistance program that helps conservation practices including those aimed at helping farmers improve irrigation efficiency; manage nutrient run-off and/or animal waste; improve the health of native plant communities; and reduce soil loss.
In most instances, producers who participate in the program pay for roughly half of the costs of the conservation measures or practices.
http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov/news/news_releases/EQIP_Deadline_NR_3-17-08.html
EQIP Quick Guide