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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Max Amount
$40K
Deadline
Open enrollment
CSP rewards farmers and ranchers who maintain high levels of conservation performance and take on additional stewardship activities across their entire operation. Annual payments compensate producers for maintaining existing conservation systems and adopting new activities that address priority resource concerns. Contracts run for five years and are renewed based on continued performance.
Answer each question — we'll show you exactly what applies to your situation.
Are you an eligible farmer, rancher, or agricultural producer?
Do you have control of the land for the term of the contract?
Are you in compliance with highly erodible land and wetland conservation provisions?
Do you already be implementing a base level of conservation activities on the operation — CSP uses a conservation performance measurement system to score existing and proposed activities?
Land must be cropland, pastureland, rangeland, nonindustrial private forest land, or other agricultural land?
Do you agree to adopt new conservation activities and maintain existing ones for the 5-year contract period?
Do you not have a contract that expired in the previous 2 years on the same land?