NRCS extends deadline for environmental projects

The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Wednesday it had extended its application deadline for the Environmental Quality Incentives program until Aug. 14. The applications will fund projects for fiscal year 2010.

The program provides voluntary, technical and financial assistance to farmers to improve irrigation efficiency, manage nutrient runoff and animal waste, improve the health of native plant communities and reduce soil loss. Typically, producers pay half the costs of such practices.

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