USDA-NRCS Announces 2020 Sign up for Environmental Quality Incentives Program

This press release from Representative Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI) was published on 2019-08-15 and titled "USDA-NRCS Announces 2020 Sign up for Environmental Quality Incentives Program". It focuses on the environment and touches on agriculture.

USDA-NRCS Announces 2020 Sign up for Environmental Quality Incentives Program

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program that provides financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to help them install and implement conservation practices on eligible agricultural land. EQIP applications are accepted year-round, however, NRCS sets application “cut-off” or submission deadlines to evaluate, rank and approve eligible applications. The following are the cut-off dates for fiscal year 2020: EQIP Period 1 cut-off date: September 20, 2019 EQIP FY 2020 Evaluation and Ranking deadline: January 24, 2020 EQIP FY 2020 Obligation deadline: June 12, 2020