National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, USDA, 04/11/16 Congressional appropriators are this month in the process of drafting their fiscal year (FY) 2017 appropriations bills, bills which will determine the success or failure of programs by setting federal funding levels for the year. Several agricultural conservation programs, like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), are under fire in the House and Senate as they put their annual funding bills together. For more of this story, Click here. |