Farmers who are ready to get on the organic bandwagon have just a couple short weeks to make some important decisions.
May 29 is the deadline to apply for a piece of $50 million in incentives as part of EQIP, the USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentive Program.
Farmers can receive up to $20,000 a year or up to $80,000 over six years.
To get funding, farmers have to choose one of six practices to move their farms in an organic direction. No cheating, these have to be new to the recipient farm’s practices:
- Conservation crop rotation
- Planting a cover crop
- Nutrient management
- Pest management
- Prescribed grazing
- Forage harvest management
More details on the funding at Agriculture Online.
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