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NRCS Announces Ohio EQIP Application Deadline

COLUMBUS, OH, Oct. 13, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced Friday, November 17, 2017, as the deadline to submit applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in Ohio. 
EQIP is a voluntary conservation program that helps agricultural producers protect the environment while promoting agricultural production. With EQIP, NRCS conservation experts provide technical assistance to implement environmentally beneficial conservation practices on working agricultural land.
Financial assistance is now available in a variety of agricultural categories such as cropland, forestry, pasture operations, high tunnels, organic, and many more listed on the Ohio NRCS website under “EQIP Application Deadlines.”  
To participate in USDA conservation programs, applicants should be farmers or farm or forest landowners and must meet eligibility criteria. Applications signed and submitted to NRCS by the November 17 deadline will be evaluated for fiscal year 2018 funding. 
Applications for EQIP submitted by entities, such as agricultural producers applying as a corporation, must have a DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number and an active SAM (System for Award Management) registration status when applying, a process that may take several weeks.  Applications cannot be processed without this information. Information on obtaining a DUNS number and registering with SAM is posted here.
To learn more about EQIP or other technical and financial assistance available through NRCS conservation programs, visit Get Started with NRCS or visit your local USDA Service Center.

ARE YOU LOCATED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE (MRBI) WATERSHED?
THE 2017 APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED
  Application deadline for 2017 funding was
February 17 , 2017
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Next application period will be in 2018

Click here for Eligibility Map for MRBI program
Click here for the No-Till Drill Rental Agreement
Click here for Lime Spreader Rental Agreement

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There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.
~Theodore Roosevelt
con·ser·va·tion
noun \ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈvā-shən\
: the wise use of natural resources (such as soil, trees, water, oil, etc.) to prevent them from being lost or wasted