Comments on: Environmental Quality Incentives Program

By: Climate Change and Agriculture: A Problem Too Hot (and Cold, and Wet, and Dry) to Ignore - Fair Farms Now

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:48:35 +0000

[…] working lands conservation programs, the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), provide some of the agency’s best opportunities to address climate change […]

By: Combating the Climate Crisis Through Conservation - CalCAN

Combating the Climate Crisis Through Conservation - CalCAN — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:58:36 +0000

[…] the proposed changes to the country’s primary working lands conservation programs: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Both the ARA and the Select Committee’s […]

By: Agriculture’s Role in Addressing Climate Change - Organic Farming Research Foundation

Tue, 19 May 2020 21:19:21 +0000

[…] programs highlighted during the hearing included: the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, and […]

By: EQIP Interim Final Rule Falls Short on Sustainability – Times Herald Daily News

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 07:41:34 +0000

[…] Bill, passed in late December 2018, was no exception. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) was one of many programs to receive updates in the farm bill, and now those policy changes […]

By: USDA Could Help Pave the Way for Farmtech Adoption: Where are you Sonny Perdue? - AgFunderNews

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:59:08 +0000

[…] $6.4 billion in financial and technical assistance through EQIP cost-share contracts […]

By: Draft Senate Farm Bill: Beginning & Socially Disadvantaged Farmers – Grow your own

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 21:07:03 +0000

[…] that all beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers enrolling in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) have the option to receive 50 percent of their cost-share payment up front. The failed House […]

By: Administration Seeks to Poach Nearly $1 Billion from Agriculture Programs – Grow your own

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:47:30 +0000

[…] proposal would take back funding from three different conservation assistance areas: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), programs that were consolidated into what is now the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program […]

By: Fight for Farm Bill not over – Wine And Water Watch

Fight for Farm Bill not over – Wine And Water Watch — Wed, 23 May 2018 17:38:51 +0000

[…] into action. Voluntary conservation programs like the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) are incredibly popular because they provide producers with the tools and resources they need […]

By: Draft House Farm Bill: Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers – Grow your own

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:57:14 +0000

[…] to address longstanding issues with the implementation of the advance payment option within the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This policy, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, allows beginning and socially disadvantaged […]

By: Path To The 2018 Farm Bill: Legislative Campaign Update – Grow your own

Path To The 2018 Farm Bill: Legislative Campaign Update – Grow your own — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:37:23 +0000

[…] of 2018 (H.R. 5188) enhances working lands programs for farmers by retaining and strengthening the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and improving coordination between the […]