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USDA 2002 FARM BILL
The 2002 Farm Bill
represents a significant commitment of cost share resources for conservation on
private lands in the Nation’s history.
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP)
EQIP is a voluntary USDA program that
provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers or producers to
treat natural resource concerns on their land.
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CONSERVATION RESERVE
PROGRAM (CRP)
The CRP program offers annual rental
payments and cost-share assistance to farmers to establish long-term
conservation covers such as grass or trees on eligible land for improved soil,
water, and wildlife resources. CRP contracts are for a minimum of 10 years
and a maximum of 15 years. CRP is only offered during designated sign up
periods. Currently, a sign up is not available. However, continuous CRP
signup is still available. |
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CONTINUOUS CRP
SIGNUP
CRP Continuous Sign-up is an ongoing program
that allows enrollment of land in riparian buffers, filter strips, grass
waterways and other high priority practices without competition. Producers may
enroll entire fields as buffers through the continuous sign-up when more than
50% of the field is eligible (through continuous sign-up) and farming is
impractical on the remainder of the field. Payments on the remaining acreage
are limited to general sign-up rates. Continuous CRP is available at any time. |
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CONSERVATION SECURITY
PROGRAM (CSP)
CSP is a voluntary program that provides
financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement
of soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation
purposes on Tribal and private working lands. Working lands include cropland,
grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and range land, as well as forested
land that is an incidental part of an agriculture operation. The program is
available in all 50 States, the Caribbean Area and the Pacific Basin area. The
program provides equitable access to benefits to all producers, regardless of
size of operation, crops produced, or geographic location.
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) (Pub. L. 107-171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985
to authorize the program. CSP is administered by USDA's Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS).
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WETLAND RESERVE PROGRAM (WRP)
This is a voluntary program that provides
technical and financial assistance to eligible landowners to restore, enhance
and protect wetlands. Landowners have three options of enrolling their eligible
lands, first through a permanent easement, second a 30-year easement, or third
with a restoration cost-share agreement. The WRP is offered on a continuous
sign-up basis and presents landowners an opportunity to establish long term
conservation and wildlife habitat practices and protection.
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WILDLIFE HABITAT
INCENTIVE PROGRAM (WHIP)
WHIP is a voluntary program that encourages
creation of high quality wildlife habitats that support wildlife
populations. Through WHIP, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial assistance to landowners
and others to develop upland, wetland, riparian, and aquatic habitat
areas on their property. NRCS places emphasis on enrolling habitats for
wildlife species experiencing declining populations, practices
beneficial to fish and wildlife that may not be otherwise funded, and
wildlife and fishery habitats identified by local and state partners.
Applications for WHIP are accepted on a continuous sign-up basis. |
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You
can visit the USDA’s
website for more information on these and other
2002 Farm Bill programs. |
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