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### NRCS Announces Second EQIP & RCPP Signup for 2024 Funding

April 16, 2024

Agricultural producers, farmers, and forest landowners need to apply by May 17, 2024 for the second round of funding in fiscal year 2024.

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### USDA Announces Third Signup for Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rhode Island

April 04, 2024

NRCS announces additional funding opportunities for FY 2024 for Rhode Island farmers and forest landowners. NRCS is opening a third ranking signup period for **Inflation Reduction Act** (IRA) climate-smart agriculture and forestry funding under the **Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).**

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### USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available to Help Farmers Advance Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

April 03, 2024

Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will help farmers save money, create new revenue streams, enhance natural resources, and tackle the climate crisis.

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### USDA conservation program third signup open for Rhode Island farmers and forest landowners

April 03, 2024

NRCS announces additional financial assistance opportunities for fiscal year 2024 for Rhode Island farmers and forest landowners under the Farm Bill’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) and Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

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### Making the Switch: Adopting a Stripper Header and Disc Drill

April 01, 2024

NRCS Montana interviewed six dryland grain producers to compare the ownership and operation costs of disc drills and stripper headers with hoe drills and auger/draper headers to promote the adoption of disc drills and stripper headers. Benefits range from maintenance, soil health, and soil moisture.

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### Announcing a Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY24 in Minnesota

March 14, 2024

This NFO is being released prior to appropriation and/or apportionment of funds for current fiscal year Enactment of additional continuing resolutions or an appropriations act may affect the availability or level of funding for this program.

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### Restoring a Savannah Landscape in a Suburban Rural Neighborhood

March 13, 2024

What does someone do who buys out a dairy farm wanting nothing to do with cattle, but rather to return the land to the thriving tall grass prairie it once was? She gets help from NRCS and other partners leading her back to cows to reach her goal.

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### Legacy to LLC — A Generational Tradition of Conservation Farming

February 29, 2024

Instilled with commitment to land stewardship, the next generation of Kane Dairy farmers set out to take their parent’s vision for helping the family land reach new conservation levels with financial and technical assistance from NRCS programs.

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### Minnesota Farmer Sees Present and Future Benefits to Improving Soil Health

February 08, 2024

Guided by his faith and a commitment to leaving the land better for the next generation, Shawn Feikema has transformed how he manages his Minnesota farm

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### USDA Encourages Rhode Island Farmers to Apply for NRCS Organic Transition Assistance by March 15th

February 06, 2024

NRCS encourages Rhode Island farmers and ranchers interested in participating in our Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) to apply for assistance by**March 15, 2024**.

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