Kansas NRCS Announces Deadline for EQIP Funding is November 17, 2017

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Salina, Kansas, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announcedNovember 17, 2017, as the first cut-off date to apply for fiscal year 2018 funds through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).

NRCS accepts applications for EQIP on a continuous basis, but applications must be filed for these programs by November 17 to be eligible for the next round of funding.  Producers interested in EQIP should submit a signed application to the local NRCS field office.

Applications can be received in the following general EQIP ranking categories:

Forest Land Health, Grazing Lands Health, Livestock Waste, Soil Health, Tribal, Water 
   Quality, Water Quantity, Wildlife Habitat.

The November 17 application deadline also applies to the following special EQIP initiatives:

Anderson Creek Wildfire Initiative, High Tunnel System Initiative, Lesser Prairie-
   Chicken Initiative, Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project, Ogallala Aquifer
   Initiative, On-Farm Energy Initiative, Organic Initiative.

Visit the Kansas NRCS Web site atwww.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/programs or your local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Service Center for more information.  To find a service center near you, check on the Internet at https://offices.usda.gov.  USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

 

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please call or email me at

316-660-0153[email protected].

 

Sincerely,

Zach Simon

Sedgwick County Extension Ag & Natural Resource Agent

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