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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced Nov. 17 is the deadline to submit applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program 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 for EQIP submitted by entities, such as agricultural producers applying as a corporation, must have a Data Universal Numbering System number and an active System for Award Management registration status when applying, a process that may take several weeks.
Applications cannot be processed without this information.
To learn more about EQIP or other technical and financial assistance available through NRCS conservation programs, visit Get Started with NRCS or call the Bellefontaine service center at 937-593-2946