The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Minnesota announced the cut-off date to apply for fiscal year 2023 funds through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program is Friday, November 18. Applications are being taken at all USDA Service Centers in Minnesota.
EQIP is the primary program available to farmers and landowners for farm, ranch, and woodland conservation work, offering payments for more than 100 conservation practices.
The November 18, application deadline also applies to the following initiatives:
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
High Tunnel Initiative
Mississippi River Basin Initiative
The FY23 focused watersheds are: Backes Lake, Goose Lake, and West Indian Lake
Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project
National Water Quality Initiative
The FY23 priority watersheds: Whiskey Creek
On-Farm Energy Initiative
Organic Initiative
NRCS accepts applications for EQIP on a continuous basis, but an application must be filed by Friday, November 18, to be eligible for the first round of funding in 2023.
Landowners interested in applying for EQIP funding should contact their local NRCS office. For more information, visit nrcs.usda.gov/mn.
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