Farm Bill Assistance

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has an array of natural resources conservation programs designed to assist landowners to reduce soil erosion, enhance and improve water quantity and quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damages caused by floods and other natural disasters.


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program for agricultural landowners administered through the Farm Service Agency (FSA). This program allows producers to receive an annual rental payment and/or cost-share assistance to establish long-term, conservation land cover on eligible farmland.

For additional information please visit:
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - USDA-FSA
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) - NRCS

CRP- Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
The Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP) is a voluntary program to restore up to 500,000 acres of farmable wetlands and associated buffers by improving the land’s hydrology and vegetation. Eligible producers in all states can enroll eligible land in the FWP through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

Sign up offers are accepted on a continuous sign-up basis and are automatically accepted provided the acreage and producer meet certain eligibility requirements. Acceptance is not determined by a competitive offer process. However, once 1 million acres nation-wide and 100,000 acres per state is obtainted, the sign-up will cease.

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
This is a voluntary program that is tailored to both livestock and grain production operations. Funds provided through the 2002 Farm Bill allow private landowners to make commitments to conservation as they work to improve or meet national environmental quality standard goals.

For additional information please visit:
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) - NRCS

 
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) – Upper Big Walnut Creek Watershed
This is a voluntary program that is aimed to improve water quality and wildlife habitat while reducing erosion in specific geographic areas that have been identified as impacted areas due to agricultural activities, non-point source water pollution or habitat destruction.

Wetland Reserve Program (WRP)
The Wetland Reserve Program is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their properties through conservation easements. For additional information, please click on the following websites:

For additional information please visit:
Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) - NRCS

Additional Programs offered through NRCS.
For additional information please visit:
Ohio NRCS Programs
Farm Bill Programs
NRCS Conservation Programs