Conservation Programs

Conservation Reserve Program

  • CRP is a voluntary program
  • Administered by the CCC through the Farm Service Agency (FSA)
  • Receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term,
     resource conserving covers on eligible farmland
  • Program support provided by NRCS, Cooperative State Research and Education Extension Service, state forestry agencies, and local SWCD

Click here for more information
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/crp.htm

Or contact our office at 660-442-3173

Missouri 2005 Environmental Quality Incentives Program

  • EQIP is a voluntary conservation program from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
  • Supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals
  • Producers may receive financial and technical assistance with structural and management conservation practices on agricultural land
  • Developed using locally led conservation through SWCD

Click here for more information
http://www.mo.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/eqip.html

Or contact our office at 660-442-3173

Wetland Reserve Program (WRP)

  • Administered by the USDA & NRCS in consultation with FSA
  • Landowners may sell a conservation easement or enter into a cost-share restoration agreement with USDA to restore and protect wetlands

Click here for more information
http://www.mo.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/wrp.html

Or contact our office at 660-442-3173

Missouri Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)

  • Encourages the creation of high quality wildlife habitats
  • Landowners may receive financial & technical assistance to develop upland, wetland,
     riparian, & aquatic habitat areas
  • WHIP program developed using locally led conservation through SWCD & MO State
     Technical Committee

Click here for more information
http://www.mo.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/whip.html

Or contact our office at 660-442-3173

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