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FUNDING FOR SOIL HEALTH PRACTICES $25.2 million available this year for adopting soil health practices Rolling application period open until JUNE 26, 2020 Photo Credit: USDA NRCS Examples of Eligible Practices & Payment Rates: Cover crop (single species) - $89.20/acre Compost - $50/ ton Hedgerow - $10.82/foot Prescribed grazing (on pasture) - $22.02/acre Whole Orchard Recycling (new!) - $861.42/acre Mulching (wood chips) - $2,488.14/acre Silvopasture - $235.20/acre and 20 other eligible practices. Visit California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA): cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils for full list New streamlined application process for the 2020 Healthy Soils Incentive Program For more information and application access, visit CDFA's website: www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils or until funding runs out
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FUNDING FOR SOILHEALTH PRACTICES
$25.2 million available this year for adoptingsoil health practices
Rolling application
period open until
JUNE 26, 2020
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Examples of Eligible Practices & Payment Rates:
Cover crop (single species) - $89.20/acre Compost - $50/ tonHedgerow - $10.82/foot Prescribed grazing (on pasture) - $22.02/acreWhole Orchard Recycling (new!) - $861.42/acreMulching (wood chips) - $2,488.14/acreSilvopasture - $235.20/acreand 20 other eligible practices.
Visit California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA):
cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils for full list
New streamlined application process for the
2020 Healthy Soils Incentive Program
For more information and application access, visit CDFA's website:www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils
or until funding
runs out
Quick Facts
Award AmountThe maximum incentive grant
amount is now $100,000 per
farm or ranch
Applications period open until:5 PM PT on June 26, 2020 or
until funds run out; applications
awarded on a rolling basis
Funding Priority*:A minimum of 25% of Healthy
Soils Incentive Program funding
will be awarded to:
-Projects by Socially DisadvantagedFarmers or Ranchers -Projects that provide benefits toAB 1550 Priority Populations
Free technical assistance with projectplanning, application assistance andproject implementation is available frommany Cooperative Extension (UCCE)Advisors, Resource ConservationDistricts (RCDs), and non-profits. Providers are spread throughout thestate and cover many counties.
For more information and application access, visit CDFA's website:
www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/
Prepared by the California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN). Learn more at calclimateag.org
More technical assistanceavailable:
For a complete list of all Healthy SoilsProgram technical advisors and contactinformation, please visit:
calclimateag.org/hsp-ta
HEALTHY SOILS INCENTIVE PROGRAM
What's new this year?
The application has been simplified –fewer essay questions & attachmentsApplications that meet a minimumscore will be awarded on a first come,first serve basisA previously implemented practicecan be implemented on a differentfield within a previously funded APN
*see application for definitions
