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Conservation Stewardship Program Application Deadline Approaching

Saturday, May 16th, 2020 -- 7:47 AM

The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program applications to be considered for funding this year is May 29.

According Wisconsin Ag Connection, the program, which is administered through USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, helps farmers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land. CSP also encourages adoption of new technologies and management techniques. Changes in the 2018 Farm Bill authorize NRCS to accept new CSP enrollments from now until 2023 and makes some improvements to the program. NRCS now enrolls eligible, high-ranking applications based on dollars rather than acres.
Higher payment rates are available for certain conservation activities, including cover crops and resource conserving crop rotations. Biggs says specific support for organic and for transitioning to organic production activities are now part of the new revisions. While applications are accepted throughout the year, interested producers should submit applications to their local NRCS office by the deadline to ensure their applications are considered for 2020 funding.

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