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

Thursday, August 15, 2019 | 12:00 AM
Tags: Agriculture
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
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