Producers interested in improving water quality and quantity in their farming operations may apply for irrigation management funding now through Nov. 17, 2023, at their local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service office.
Producers in the Central Platte and Twin Platte Natural Resource Districts (NRDs)are eligible to apply for the Ogallala Aquifer and Platte River Recovery Project funds through the NRCS’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
Funding is available for more efficient irrigation techniques, installing conservation practices, and assisting farmers with converting irrigated acres to non-irrigated farmland.
“Our Board recently approved dividing two of the District’s Groundwater Management Areas. With this change, even more producers would benefit from the RCPP funding to address conservation needs,” said Lyndon Vogt, Central Platte NRD General Manager.
The purpose of the grant is to reduce water consumption by converting irrigated land to non-irrigated on a permanent or temporary basis. The focus areas are the over-appropriated areas of the District from Gothenburg to Elm Creek and Groundwater Management Areas that are in declining status.
Source: usda.gov
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