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Florida Ag Producers Should Apply Now for
Financial Assistance
Conservation Stewardship Program Ranking Period
extended until January 27, 2012
Financial and technical assistance is now available to farmers and ranchers
interested in the USDA's Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Producers
interested in CSP should submit applications to their local NRCS office by
January 27, 2012 so that their applications can be considered during the first
ranking period of 2012.
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Deadline Approaching for USDA Conservation Innovation Grant Pre-proposals
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reminds applicants that
January 31, 2012, is the last day to submit
project pre-proposals for fiscal year 2012 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS). Pre-proposals support large-scale demonstration projects that test and
prove original approaches to conserving America’s private lands.
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Funding Available for Wetland Protection and Habitat Improvement
Proposals due February 10, 2012
NRCS announces a funding opportunity for wetland protection, restoration and
enhancement activities on eligible lands in Florida. Funding comes through the
agency’s Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP), with up to $17 million
available nationwide.
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Florida NRCS Announces State Technical Committee
Meeting
The next State Technical Committee meeting has been scheduled for Thursday,
February 2, 2012, from 9:00 AM – 12:00 noon. Technical Committees serve in
an advisory capacity to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and
other agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the
implementation of the natural resources conservation provisions of Farm Bill
legislation. Committees are intended to include members from a wide variety of
natural resource and agricultural interests and are open to the public.
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Additional Ranking Dates Set for Major
Conservation Initiatives
Three ranking periods set: February 3, March 30 and
June 1, 2012
Florida agricultural producers have extra chances this year to be approved
for cost share funding for the Organic, On-Farm Energy and Seasonal High Tunnel
initiatives.
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Notice to Florida Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers
Process to Resolve Discrimination Claims
As part of continued efforts to write a new chapter for civil rights and resolve
all allegations of past discrimination, USDA has established a process to
resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who assert that
they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm loans. Call
1-888-508-4429 for more information on
discrimination claims.
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Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort
to help people conserve, maintain,
and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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