Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 11/20/15

What do Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and cover crops have in common? Both receive millions of dollars in funding each year through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). This post digs into EQIP data from Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 to highlight major conservation wins, as well as identify critical opportunities for improvements in this working lands conservation program.

In fiscal year (FY) 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) obligated more than $861 million in financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). 

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