NRCS Programs

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers through contracts up to a maximum term of ten years in length. These contracts provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns and for opportunities to improve soil, water, plant, animal, air, and related resources on agricultural land and non-industrial private forestland. In addition, the purpose of EQIP is to help producers meet Federal, State, Tribal, and local environmental regulations.

 

Conservation Stewardship Program encourages land stewards to improve their conservation performance by installing and adopting additional activities and improving, maintaining and managing existing activities on agricultural land and nonindustrial private forest land.  NRCS accepts applications for CSP at local service centers, Nationwide, on a continuous basis.

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Call your local NRCS field office for more information! 

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Idaho SWCC

The Resource Conservation and Rangeland Development Program (RCRDP) offers low interest conservation loans to farmers, ranchers and ag landowners.  The Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission manages the program and finances a variety of projects including, but not limited to:

• Irrigation equipment

• No-till drills

• Animal feeding operation improvements

• Livestock fencing

• Streambank protection

 

Interest rates are currently as low as 3%. Call the loan officer at 208-332-1793 to discuss your project or get more information. Check out their website at https://swc.idaho.gov.

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