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Deadline extended for Farm Bill Programs
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Posted on Mar 18 2009
Applications are still being accepted from farmers and ranchers for two different Farm Bill Programs that are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. They include the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program. Interested farmers and ranchers have until April 3, 2009, to submit their applications to be considered for this ranking period.
Financial assistance is available through EQIP to agricultural producers who are willing to implement conservation measures that treat the targeted natural resource concerns on their land (including forestry, organic farming, and energy conservation). WHIP provides technical and financial assistance to improve fish and wildlife habitat.
Projects that install conservation measures on agricultural lands to address the following proposed identified priority natural resource concerns are being considered: animal waste, sedimentation, noxious weeds, insufficient water supply for livestock or irrigation, pesticide or nutrient contamination of ground or surface waters, at-risk species habitat, and invasive species. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]
