Thursday, February 4, 2016

USDA to Invest $150 Million through Conservation Stewardship Program to Help Improve Working Lands

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA's largest conservation program, by acres impacted, that helps producers voluntarily improve the health and productivity of private and Tribal working lands. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) plans to add an estimated 10 million acres to the rolls of CSP during fiscal 2016.

From: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2016/02/0033.xml&contentidonly=true

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