Application Period Extended to April 1, 2024!
WANT A MORE RESILIENT AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT FARM?
Apply by April 1, 2024 to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to be considered in NRCS Connecticut’s 2024 Round 3 funding, made possible through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - the largest climate and conservation investment in history.
Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices can include:
 Ecological Forest Management and Agroforestry practices, such as tree and shrub planting, forest stand improvement, riparian buffers, and wildlife plantings.
 Energy Conservation, such as efficient lighting and insulation, reverse osmosis units and sap pre-heaters, building heating and cooling, ventilation fans, and combustion system improvements (replacing high emitting diesel engine equipment with electric equipment: boilers heaters, tractors, backhoes, loaders & forklifts).
 Pasture Management and Agroforestry, such as prescribed grazing, brush management, silvopasture, pasture reseeding, and riparian buffers.
 Soil Health Practices such as cover crop, no-till, minimum tillage, crop rotation, mulching and field borders.
To get started, visit How to Get Assistance, or use the service center locator to find your contacts at your local USDA Service Center: Danielson – (860) 779-0557; Hamden – (203) 287-8038; Norwich – (860) 887-3604; Torrington – (860) 626-8852; Windsor – (860) 688-7725
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