USDA APPROVED $18.3 MILLION FOR LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS
NRCS approved 1,156 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contracts with limited resource farmers and ranchers in fiscal year 2004, covering nearly 436,000 acres, for a total of $18.3 million. EQIP funds may be used to reduce soil erosion, improve water and air quality, and protect grazing land. In fiscal year 2004, nearly one out of every two limited resource producers applying for EQIP were funded compared with only one out of every four for the rest of the program’s applications.

In Kansas, $48,538 were approved in 10 contracts with limited resource farmers and ranchers.

• USDA news release - "USDA Approved $18.3 Million for Limited Resource Farmers"  (May 23, 2005)

• Kansas Success Story

PRESIDENT BUSH REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION IN 2006 BUDGET
President Bush continued to build on the legacy of cooperative conservation established in his first term by supporting programs in the 2006 budget that promote partnerships with the American people to conserve our nation's land and water, wildlife and other natural resources.

• USDA news release - "President Bush Reinforces Commitment to Cooperative Conservation in 2006 Budget "  (February 9, 2005)