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NRCS Dedicated EQIP Funding for Agroforestry and Woody Crops

Learn about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers for implementing agroforestry and woody crop practices. Explore the funding pool, eligibility, and how to apply.

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NRCS Dedicated EQIP Funding for Agroforestry and Woody Crops

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  1. NRCS Dedicated EQIP Funding for Agroforestry and Woody Crops Green Lands Blue Waters Conference November 28, 2017 Lauren Cartwright Missouri NRCS EQIP Coordinator

  2. What is EQIP? Environmental Quality Incentives Program Voluntary conservation program that helps agricultural producers in a manner that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible goals. Through EQIP, agricultural producers receive financial and technical assistance to implement structural and management conservation practices that optimize environmental benefits on working agricultural land.

  3. Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Funding Pool Fiscal Year 2017 Pilot in Missouri Statewide funding pool 1% of General EQIP Allocation ~ $150,000

  4. Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Funding Pool Fiscal Year 2018 Support to continue fund pool No allocation decisions yet Application period ended November 17 17 applications

  5. How did we get here? 2011 Elderberry Conference State Office guidance to Field 2012 Publication Partners encourage Farmers Continued Annually Terry Durham UM Center for Agroforestry Others Agroforestry in Action: University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry Using NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance to Establish Elderberries

  6. Fiscal Year 2017 State Subaccount Pilot 2016 State Technical Committee Some Successful Contracts 2016 The Phone Call Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Limited geographically

  7. FUTURE??? Fiscal Year 2018 State Subaccount Partner Outreach Revised Publication Agroforestry in Action: University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry Using NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance for Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment through EQIP E-Newsletters and Articles: University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry

  8. How did we get here? Take Away….

  9. Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Funding Pool • National support: • USDA Agroforestry Strategic Framework, Fiscal Year 2011 – 2016 • 2014 Farm Bill supports specialty and locally grown crops • Additional focus on practices effective at addressing GHG mitigation and climate change

  10. Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Funding Pool Supporting Brush Management Herbaceous Weed Control Conservation Cover Prescribed Burning Critical Area Planting Fence Firebreak Access Control Mulching Tree/Shrub Site Preparation Practices: Core Alley Cropping Silvopasture Establishment Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment Riparian Forest Buffer Forest Stand Improvement (Multi Story Cropping) Tree/Shrub Establishment

  11. Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Funding Pool Ranking: State Ranking Points promote implementation of 5 traditional agroforestry practices (Alley Cropping, Silvopasture, Windbreak/Shelterbelt, Riparian Forest Buffer, Multi Story Cropping). Alley cropping Windbreaks Riparian buffer Silvopasture Forest farming

  12. Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Funding Pool • Ranking: • Local Ranking Points based on: • Planned GHG reduction (using COMET-Planner (http://www.comet-planner.com/) • Diversity of woody plant species planned for planting • Historically Underserved and Veteran Farmers

  13. Questions?

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