Jan 19, 2012Deadline extended for conservation program
The USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced that the deadline for producer applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to Jan. 27.
The Conservation Stewardship Program is a voluntary stewardship incentives program, administered by USDA’s NRCS, designed to reward farmers, ranchers and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation on working lands, as well as for the adoption of additional conservation measures that provide multiple environmental benefits that run beyond the farm or ranch. This program pays producers for clean water, better soil management, improved habitat, energy efficiency, and other natural resource benefits.
“We hope more farmers and ranchers will take advantage of this extension for the CSP application deadline. To meet this deadline, they just need to submit the basic application form to their local NRCS office,” said Traci Bruckner, assistant director of rural policy at the Center for Rural Affairs.
To sign up, visit http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nrcs.
