Targeted Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) signup opens in 10 states to help agricultural producers plan and implement voluntary conservation practices that sequester carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change on working lands.

To help expand the adoption of innovative conservation approaches on agricultural lands, the NRCS is seeking proposals for national Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG). Find out if your problem-solving projects qualify for funding.

Seeking to support the adoption of innovative practices and systems on agricultural land, the USDA's NRCS is launching a new sub-program created by the 2018 Farm Bill. Apply now through July 15, 2019.

Soil erosion on cropland declined by more than 40 percent during the past 25 years, while more than one-third of all development of U.S. land occurred during the same period.