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### Rhode Island Farmers and Forest Landowners can Act Now for NRCS Climate-Smart Funding

April 04, 2024

NRCS is using the **Act Now** process to deliver conservation contracting faster. **Act Now** allows NRCS to quickly approve and obligate a ranked application in a designated ranking pool when an eligible application meets or exceeds a state-determined, minimum threshold, ranking score. 

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### USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Arkansas Announces ACT NOW Funding Sign-Up for Farmers and Ranchers 

January 13, 2024

ACT NOW allows Arkansas NRCS to immediately approve and obligate ranked applications in a designated ranking pool when an eligible application meets or exceeds the state-determined minimum ranking score

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### USDA/NRCS Louisiana Announces Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Assistance Signup Batching Date

October 10, 2023

Louisiana USDA-NRCS announces signup batching date for FY2024 Financial Assistance Programs: **November 17, 2023**.

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### Iowa NRCS Sets Nov. 3 Cutoff for Conservation Program Applications

September 28, 2023

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) officials are touting record conservation funding for Iowa farmers and private landowners over the next year thanks in part to the Inflation Reduction Act.

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### NRCS Alabama Announces FY 2024 Financial Assistance Program Signup

September 26, 2023

**NEWS RELEASE -****Signup Deadline Announcement for Alabama’s FY 2024 Easement and Financial Assistance Programs**

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### Alabama NRCS Pathways Present on Summer Experience 

August 15, 2023

NRCS Alabama Interns met at the  State Office in Auburn, Alabama to share their experiences of working for NRCS this summer.

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### Efficient Lighting Improves Iowa Dairy Operation

May 22, 2023

Dairy farm operators with Distant View Farms in Allamakee County, Iowa, are reaping the benefits of an energy efficient lighting system they implemented in 2017 in their large dairy barns with financial and planning assistance from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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### NRCS Provides Conservation Solutions for Iowa Dairy Producers

September 08, 2022

NRCS can provide conservation solutions to Iowa’s dairy producers in various ways.

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### Fridays on the Farm: Producing Maple, Lumber, and Heritage Sheep at Sweet Sourland Farms

October 15, 2021

Tucked within the Sourland Mountain region, Charlize and her wife, Bru, have a diverse operation, including a thriving maple syrup business, a pine lumber mill, and the recent addition of the rare heritage breed of Barbados Black Belly Sheep.

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