The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) invested billions of dollars in working lands conservation programs, making more money available to all farmers and for all conservation activities.
IRA dollars function as a supplemental pool of funding for four conservation programs: the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP.) In addition to the IRA-created supplemental pools, each program also has a separate pool of Farm Bill funding that is still available for all traditional conservation work that the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has funded for decades. In practice, separate IRA and Farm Bill funding pools mean that farmers hoping to implement Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) practices, conservation activities that have long been available in EQIP and CSP, will receive funding from the IRA pool created within the conservation program they apply to. Similarly, farmers hoping to implement conservation practices that are not on the NRCS CSAF practice list will be funded out of the Farm Bill funding pool that still exists in each conservation program.
With all of the money that IRA made available now and in coming years, what does this increased access really look like for farmers hoping to implement CSAF practices as well as other conservation activities? What does historic demand for different conservation practices tell us about the likely outcome of spending conservation dollars from two separate funding pools? Looking at FY21 and FY22 spending in CSP and EQIP helps to illustrate.
IRA Has Dramatically Improved Access to Conservation Programs
In FY21, CSP had a total of $750 million dollars available for new contracts addressing all resource concerns. That same year, CSAF practices accounted for over $153 million of CSP obligations, or about 30% of program funding. Similarly, in FY22, CSP had a total of $800 million available for new contracts and obligated over $234 million supporting CSAF practices, accounting for 38% of program spending (see Appendix for Tables 1 & 2). Compare this spending to the $250 million IRA allocated to CSP in FY23. If we assume similar demand for CSAF practices in FY23 as in recent years, then the IRA funding pool is tailor made to meet that demand. This leaves dramatically more Farm Bill funding available to meet farmer demand for all other conservation activities.
Graph 1
As Graph 1 clearly shows, IRA’s separate, additional funding pool for CSAF practices gives NRCS the ability to meet historic demand for CSAF practices and then some, leaving all of the Farm Bill funding pool available to meet farmer demand for traditional conservation activities. Compared to FY22, IRA stands to help double the amount of CSP funds available for traditional conservation activities in FY23, with as much as $1 billion dollars up for grabs. Only $566 million went to traditional conservation activities in FY22.
Looking at EQIP tells a similar story. In FY21, EQIP obligated roughly $1.267 billion dollars via new contracts addressing all resource concerns. That same year, CSAF practices accounted for over $381 million of EQIP obligations, or about 30% of program funding. Similarly, in FY22, EQIP obligated about $1.282 billion via new contracts, over $404 million of that supporting CSAF practices, accounting for 31% of program obligations (see Appendix for Tables 3 & 4). Compare this spending to the $250 million IRA allocated to EQIP in FY23. Again, if we assume similar demand for CSAF practices in FY23 as in recent years, then the IRA funding pool inside EQIP is a near perfect tool to meet that demand. This leaves dramatically more Farm Bill funding available to meet farmer demand for all other conservation activities.
Graph 2.
Again, Graph 2 shows that IRA’s supplemental funding pool for CSAF practices gives NRCS the ability to meet historic demand for CSAF practices, thus freeing up more of the Farm Bill funding pool available to meet farmer demand for traditional conservation activities. Compared to FY22, IRA stands to meet roughly 62% of historic demand for CSAF practices in EQIP, making $250 million dollars of the Farm Bill funding pool available for traditional conservation practices.
Conclusion
The 2023 Farm Bill can both establish a dedicated, permanent source of funds for farmers addressing climate change within their operations and significantly improve producers’ ability to get support for traditional conservation practices. Congress should seize the nearly unprecedented opportunity to strengthen investments in climate-friendly agriculture and traditional conservation for decades to come.
Appendix
Table 1. Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practice, CSP, FY2021
| CSAF Category | Practice NameEnhancement Name | Code | Financial Assistance | Total | Percentage of Total CSP Financial Assistance |
| Nitrogen Management | Nutrient Management | 590 | $3,369,356 | $66,725,833 | 13.23% |
| Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | E590A | $38,293,260 | |||
| Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | E590B | $22,811,645 | |||
| Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | E590C | $2,251,572 | |||
| Soil Health | Conservation Cover | 327 | $384,748 | $45,635,955 | 9.05% |
| Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327A | $326,010 | |||
| Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | E327B | $4,824,557 | |||
| Conservation Crop Rotation | 328 | $835,069 | |||
| Resource conserving crop rotation | E328A | $2,904,593 | |||
| Improved resource conserving crop rotation | E328B | $54,087 | |||
| Soil health crop rotation | E328E | $852,207 | |||
| Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | E328F | $1,495,421 | |||
| Crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover for soil organic matter improvement | E328G | $2,259 | |||
| Residue and Tillage Management, No Till | 329 | $1,599,772 | |||
| No till to reduce soil erosion | E329A | $1,154,691 | |||
| No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | E329B | $10,047 | |||
| No till to increase plant-available moisture | E329C | $157,687 | |||
| No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E329D | $1,363,642 | |||
| No till to reduce energy | E329E | $129,959 | |||
| Cover Crop | 340 | $6,037,450 | |||
| Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | E340A | $2,914,769 | |||
| Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E340B | $2,725,537 | |||
| Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | E340C | $2,594,300 | |||
| Intensive orchard/vineyard floor cover cropping to increase soil health | E340D | $48,887 | |||
| Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | E340F | $1,998,001 | |||
| Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | E340G | $2,422,469 | |||
| Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | E340H | $1,643,864 | |||
| Using cover crops for biological strip till | E340I | $4,040 | |||
| Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till | 345 | $1,585,482 | |||
| Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | E345A | $3,417,079 | |||
| Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | E345B | $183,976 | |||
| Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture | E345C | $374,085 | |||
| Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E345D | $2,068,155 | |||
| Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | E345E | $173,657 | |||
| Field Border | 386 | $31,062 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to reduce soil erosion along the edge(s) of a field | E386A | $275,195 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | E386B | $117,180 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to decrease particulate emissions along the edge(s) of the field | E386C | $4,422 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to increase food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | E386D | $77,693 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to increase wildlife food and habitat along the edge(s) of a field | E386E | $89,456 | |||
| Filter Strip | 393 | $7,424 | |||
| Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts | E393A | $82,097 | |||
| Grassed Waterway | 412 | $23,453 | |||
| Enhance a grassed waterway | E412A | $208,735 | |||
| Mulching | 484 | $46,415 | |||
| Mulching to improve soil health | E484A | $340 | |||
| Reduce particulate matter emissions by using orchard or vineyard generated woody materials as mulch | E484B | $103,094 | |||
| Mulching with natural materials in specialty crops for weed control | E484C | $7,190 | |||
| Buffer Bundle#1 | B000BFF1 | $27,378 | |||
| Crop Bundle #24 – Cropland Soil Health Management System | B000CPL24 | $248,321 | |||
| Agroforestry, Forestry and Upland Wildlife Habitat | Alley Cropping | 311 | $691 | $35,328,641 | 7.00% |
| Critical Area Planting | 342 | $11,883 | |||
| Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | 380 | $6,022 | |||
| Silvopasture | 381 | $1,287 | |||
| Silvopasture to improve wildlife habitat | E381A | $9,202 | |||
| Riparian Herbaceous Cover | 390 | $4,510 | |||
| Increase riparian herbaceous cover width for sediment and nutrient reduction | E390A | $11,730 | |||
| Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | E390B | $23,680 | |||
| Riparian Forest Buffer | 391 | $35,942 | |||
| Increase riparian forest buffer width for sediment and nutrient reduction | E391A | $151,533 | |||
| Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | E391B | $2,493,923 | |||
| Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | E391C | $2,706,388 | |||
| Hedgerow Planting | 422 | $727 | |||
| Tree/Shrub Establishment | 612 | $379,101 | |||
| Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | E612B | $8,120,463 | |||
| Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | E612C | $1,123,367 | |||
| Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | E612G | $2,169,802 | |||
| Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | 645 | $216,442 | |||
| Manage existing shrub thickets to provide adequate shelter for wildlife | E645B | $133,529 | |||
| Edge feathering for wildlife cover | E645C | $145,252 | |||
| Forest Stand Improvement | 666 | $631,831 | |||
| Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | E666A | $1,900,865 | |||
| Forest management to enhance understory vegetation | E666D | $2,822,732 | |||
| Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | E666E | $804,836 | |||
| Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | E666F | $2,315,270 | |||
| Increase on-site carbon storage | E666H | $542,706 | |||
| Crop tree management for mast production | E666I | $2,053,711 | |||
| Facilitating oak forest regeneration | E666J | $467,032 | |||
| Creating structural diversity with patch openings | E666K | $621,042 | |||
| Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | E666L | $1,696,454 | |||
| Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | E666P | $2,849,114 | |||
| Forest songbird habitat maintenance | E666R | $245,550 | |||
| Facilitating longleaf pine establishment | E666S | $28,299 | |||
| Establish pollinator habitat | E420A | $181,882 | |||
| Establish monarch butterfly habitat | E420B | $421,843 | |||
| Grazing and Pasture | Pasture and Hay Planting | 512 | $471,043 | $5,163,050 | 1.02% |
| Prescribed Grazing | 528 | $4,670,397 | |||
| Range Planting | 550 | $21,610 | |||
| Rice | Irrigation Water Management | 449 | $242,348 | $242,348 | 0.05% |
| Energy | Pumping Plant | 533 | $10,194 | $10,194 | 0.002% |
| TOTAL | $153,106,021 | 30.35% |
Table 2. Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices, CSP FY2022
| CSAF Category | Practice Name | Code | Financial Assistance | Total | Percentage of Total CSP Financial Assistance |
| Nitrogen Management | Nutrient Management | 590 | $2,605,647 | $97,382,301 | 15.84% |
| Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses | E590A | $71,916,154 | |||
| Reduce risks of nutrient loss to surface water by utilizing precision agriculture technologies | E590B | $20,944,034 | |||
| Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses on pasture | E590C | $1,816,436 | |||
| Reduce nutrient loss by increasing setback awareness via precision technology for water quality | E590D | $100,030 | |||
| Agroforestry, Forestry and Upland Wildlife Habitat | Alley Cropping | 311 | $68 | $58,201,207 | 9.47% |
| Critical Area Planting | 342 | $30,161 | |||
| Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation | 380 | $9,850 | |||
| Silvopasture | 381 | $1,773 | |||
| Silvopasture to improve wildlife habitat | E381A | $22,633 | |||
| Riparian Herbaceous Cover | 390 | $2,424 | |||
| Increase riparian herbaceous cover width for sediment and nutrient reduction | E390A | $20,286 | |||
| Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | E390B | $20,711 | |||
| Riparian Forest Buffer | 391 | $30,960 | |||
| Increase riparian forest buffer width for sediment and nutrient reduction | E391A | $91,854 | |||
| Increase stream shading for stream temperature reduction | E391B | $2,346,857 | |||
| Increase riparian forest buffer width to enhance wildlife habitat | E391C | $1,980,657 | |||
| Wildlife Habitat Planting | 420 | $88,062 | |||
| Establish pollinator habitat | E420A | $339,254 | |||
| Establish monarch butterfly habitat | E420B | $445,948 | |||
| Hedgerow Planting | 422 | $1,078 | |||
| Tree/Shrub Establishment | 612 | $548,635 | |||
| Planting for high carbon sequestration rate | E612B | $24,568,829 | |||
| Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | E612C | $2,619,562 | |||
| Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | E612G | $2,837,490 | |||
| Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | 645 | $151,756 | |||
| Manage existing shrub thickets to provide adequate shelter for wildlife | E645B | $385,535 | |||
| Edge feathering for wildlife cover | E645C | $259,007 | |||
| Forest Stand Improvement | 666 | $775,622 | |||
| Maintaining and improving forest soil quality | E666A | $2,087,013 | |||
| Forest management to enhance understory vegetation | E666D | $3,844,845 | |||
| Reduce height of the forest understory to limit wildfire risk | E666E | $1,350,414 | |||
| Reduce forest stand density to create open stand structure | E666F | $3,932,360 | |||
| Increase on-site carbon storage | E666H | $374,671 | |||
| Crop tree management for mast production | E666I | $1,746,532 | |||
| Facilitating oak forest regeneration | E666J | $862,605 | |||
| Creating structural diversity with patch openings | E666K | $704,021 | |||
| Forest Stand Improvement to rehabilitate degraded hardwood stands | E666L | $2,349,227 | |||
| Summer roosting habitat for native forest-dwelling bat species | E666P | $3,092,961 | |||
| Forest songbird habitat maintenance | E666R | $228,683 | |||
| Facilitating longleaf pine establishment | E666S | $48,863 | |||
| Soil Health | Conservation Cover | 327 | $137,563 | $43,629,685 | 7.10% |
| Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327A | $614,349 | |||
| Establish Monarch butterfly habitat | E327B | $1,156,690 | |||
| Conservation Crop Rotation | 328 | $907,995 | |||
| Resource conserving crop rotation | E328A | $2,534,902 | |||
| Improved resource conserving crop rotation | E328B | $226,865 | |||
| Soil health crop rotation | E328E | $937,088 | |||
| Modifications to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | E328F | $376,993 | |||
| Crop rotation on recently converted CRP grass/legume cover for soil organic matter improvement | E328G | $2,368 | |||
| Intercropping to Improve Soil Health | E328N | $16,412 | |||
| Perennial Grain Conservation Crop Rotation | E328O | $59,936 | |||
| Residue and Tillage Management, No Till | 329 | $1,277,923 | |||
| No till to reduce soil erosion | E329A | $1,880,349 | |||
| No till to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | E329B | $94,341 | |||
| No till to increase plant-available moisture | E329C | $299,596 | |||
| No till system to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E329D | $1,186,798 | |||
| No till to reduce energy | E329E | $102,644 | |||
| Cover Crop | 340 | $5,828,222 | |||
| Cover crop to reduce soil erosion | E340A | $3,986,434 | |||
| Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E340B | $3,304,135 | |||
| Use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter | E340C | $2,247,527 | |||
| Intensive orchard/vineyard floor cover cropping to increase soil health | E340D | $48,612 | |||
| Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | E340F | $1,926,454 | |||
| Cover crop to reduce water quality degradation by utilizing excess soil nutrients | E340G | $1,223,058 | |||
| Cover crop to suppress excessive weed pressures and break pest cycles | E340H | $3,046,357 | |||
| Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till | 345 | $1,509,354 | |||
| Reduced tillage to reduce soil erosion | E345A | $4,373,834 | |||
| Reduced tillage to reduce tillage induced particulate matter | E345B | $155,419 | |||
| Reduced tillage to increase plant-available moisture | E345C | $277,979 | |||
| Reduced tillage to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E345D | $2,063,039 | |||
| Reduced tillage to reduce energy use | E345E | $104,387 | |||
| Field Border | 386 | $17,272 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to reduce soil erosion along the edge(s) of a field | E386A | $306,622 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to increase carbon storage along the edge(s) of the field | E386B | $285,119 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to decrease particulate emissions along the edge(s) of the field | E386C | $21,434 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to increase food for pollinators along the edge(s) of a field | E386D | $85,401 | |||
| Enhanced field borders to increase wildlife food and habitat along the edge(s) of a field | E386E | $77,940 | |||
| Filter Strip | 393 | $8,594 | |||
| Extend existing filter strip to reduce water quality impacts | E393A | $153,493 | |||
| Grassed Waterway | 412 | $14,297 | |||
| Enhance a grassed waterway | E412A | $354,786 | |||
| Mulching | 484 | $88,715 | |||
| Mulching to improve soil health | E484A | $21,575 | |||
| Reduce particulate matter emissions by using orchard or vineyard generated woody materials as mulch | E484B | $240,260 | |||
| Mulching with natural materials in specialty crops for weed control | E484C | $40,997 | |||
| Buffer Bundle#1 | B000BF | $5,557 | |||
| Grazing and Pasture | Pasture and Hay Planting | 512 | $498,771 | $34,146,322 | 5.55% |
| Cropland conversion to grass-based agriculture to reduce soil erosion | E512A | $21,566 | |||
| Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | E512B | $82,948 | |||
| Cropland conversion to grass for soil organic matter improvement | E512C | $17,681 | |||
| Forage plantings that help increase organic matter in depleted soils | E512D | $73,014 | |||
| Forage and biomass planting that produces feedstock for biofuels or energy production. | E512E | $68,378 | |||
| Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect and/or monarch habitat | E512I | $3,955 | |||
| Establish wildlife corridors to provide habitat continuity or access to water | E512J | $94 | |||
| Diversifying Forage Base with Interseeding Forbs and Legumes to Increase Pasture Quality | E512L | $72,349 | |||
| Forage Plantings that Improve Wildlife Habitat Cover and Shelter or Structure and Composition | E512M | $62,510 | |||
| Prescribed Grazing | 528 | $5,299,300 | |||
| Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | E528A | $4,877,441 | |||
| Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of food or cover and shelter for wildlife | E528D | $224,106 | |||
| Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | E528E | $1,434,976 | |||
| Stockpiling cool season forage to improve structure and composition or plant productivity and health | E528F | $435,847 | |||
| Improved grazing management on pasture for plant productivity and health with monitoring activities | E528G | $284,213 | |||
| Prescribed grazing to improve/maintain riparian and watershed function-elevated water temperature | E528H | $12,937 | |||
| Grazing management that protects sensitive areas -surface or ground water from nutrients | E528I | $39,728 | |||
| Prescribed grazing on pastureland that improves riparian and watershed function | E528J | $297,769 | |||
| Prescribed grazing that improves or maintains riparian and watershed function-erosion | E528L | $1,723,162 | |||
| Grazing management that protects sensitive areas from gully erosion | E528M | $40,577 | |||
| Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality | E528O | $9,744,386 | |||
| Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water | E528P | $3,625,316 | |||
| Management Intensive Rotational Grazing | E528R | $4,945,828 | |||
| Soil Health Improvements on Pasture | E528S | $175,823 | |||
| Range Planting | 550 | $15,337 | |||
| Range planting for increasing/maintaining organic matter | E550A | $60,569 | |||
| Range planting for improving forage, browse, or cover for wildlife | E550B | $7,741 | |||
| Rice | Irrigation Water Management | 449 | $586,778 | $586,778 | 0.10% |
| Energy | Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation | 374 | $367 | $180,517 | 0.03% |
| Alternated Wetting and Drying (AWD) of rice fields | E449B | $180,150 | |||
| TOTAL | $234,126,810 | 38.09% |
Table 3. Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices, EQIP FY2021
| CSAF Category | Practice Name | Financial Assistance | Total FA For CSAF Category | Percent of Total EQIP Financial Assistance |
| Soil Health | Conservation Cover | $5,134,163 | $142,748,326 | 11.3% |
| Conservation Crop Rotation | $5,792,275 | |||
| Residue and Tillage Management, No Till | $10,499,921 | |||
| Contour Buffer Strips | $1,087 | |||
| Cover Crop | $102,139,480 | |||
| Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till | $5,579,716 | |||
| Field Border | $168,132 | |||
| Filter Strip | $34,756 | |||
| Grassed Waterway | $6,547,073 | |||
| Mulching | $6,770,949 | |||
| Strip-cropping | $67 | |||
| Vegetative Barrier | $80,275 | |||
| Herbaceous Wind Barriers | $432 | |||
| Nutrient Management | Nutrient Management | $20,521,630 | $20,521,630 | 1.6% |
| Livestock Partnership | Anaerobic Digester | $1,806,244 | $3,943,914 | 0.3% |
| Waste Separation Facility | $2,137,670 | |||
| Grazing and Pasture | Pasture and Hay Planting | $30,093,271 | $57,056,074 | 4.5% |
| Prescribed Grazing | $18,573,311 | |||
| Range Planting | $8,389,492 | |||
| Agroforestry, Forestry and Upland Wildlife Habitat | Alley Cropping | $3,021 | $104,331,650 | 8.2% |
| Critical Area Planting | $2,071,776 | |||
| Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment | $957,300 | |||
| Silvopasture | $513,673 | |||
| Riparian Forest Buffer | $805,626 | |||
| Riparian Herbaceous Cover | $214,573 | |||
| Wildlife Habitat Planting | $4,343,311 | |||
| Hedgerow Planting | $886,018 | |||
| Tree/Shrub Establishment | $37,214,440 | |||
| Upland Wildlife Habitat Management | $3,754,579 | |||
| Forest Stand Improvement | $52,997,784 | |||
| Multi-Story Cropping | $569,548 | |||
| Energy, Combustion, and Electricity Efficiency | Combustion System Improvement | $24,231,089 | $45,021,810 | 3.6% |
| Energy Efficient Building Envelope | $9,401,434 | |||
| Energy Efficient Lighting System | $624,638 | |||
| Farmstead Energy Improvement | $10,764,650 | |||
| Wetlands | Wetland Restoration | $489,039 | $489,039 | 0.0% |
| Rice | Irrigation Water Management | $7,412,341 | $7,412,341 | 0.6% |
| Grand Totals | $381,524,784 | 30.1% | ||
Table 4. Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices, EQIP FY 2022
| CSAF Category | Practice Name | Financial Assistance | Total FA for CSAF Category | Percent of Total EQIP Financial Assistance |
| Soil Health | Conservation Cover | $4,521,721 | $172,427,455 | 13.4% |
| Conservation Crop Rotation | $7,506,982 | |||
| Residue Management, No Till & Strip Till | $11,002,111 | |||
| Contour Buffer Strips | $365 | |||
| Cover Crop | $129,040,843 | |||
| Residue Management, Mulch Till | $8,165,347 | |||
| Field Border | $204,674 | |||
| Filter Strips | $30,981 | |||
| Grassed Waterway | $4,806,024 | |||
| Mulching | $7,037,575 | |||
| Vegetative Barrier | $110,710 | |||
| Herbaceous Wind Barriers | $120 | |||
| Nutrient Management | Nutrient Management | $22,264,068 | $22,264,068 | 1.7% |
| Livestock Partnership | Anaerobic Digester, Controlled Temperature | $1,983,965 | $4,443,476 | 0.3% |
| Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility | $2,459,511 | |||
| Grazing and Pasture | Pasture & Hayland Planting | $29,381,463 | $62,394,728 | 4.9% |
| Prescribed Grazing | $24,887,238 | |||
| Range Planting | $8,126,027 | |||
| Agroforestry, Forestry and Upland Wildlife Habitat | Alley Cropping | $43,575 | $91,453,650 | 7.1% |
| Critical Area Planting | $3,233,756 | |||
| Windbreak/Shelterbreak Establishment | $1,281,505 | |||
| Silvopasture Establishment | $567,708 | |||
| Riparian Forest Buffer | $861,169 | |||
| Riparian Herbaceous Buffer | $101,196 | |||
| Wildlife Upland Habitat Management | $4,840,252 | |||
| Hedgerow Planting | $902,533 | |||
| Tree/Shrub Establishment | $29,345,626 | |||
| Multi-Story Cropping | $438,254 | |||
| Wildlife Habitat Planting | $4,394,420 | |||
| Forest Stand Improvement | $45,443,655 | |||
| Energy, Combustion, and Electricity Efficiency | Combustion System Improvement | $23,124,086 | $44,332,302 | 3.5% |
| On-Farm Equipment Efficiency Improvements | $10,993,114 | |||
| Lighting System Improvement | $805,489 | |||
| Building Envelope Improvement | $9,409,613 | |||
| Wetlands | Wetland Restoration | $624,805 | $624,805 | 0.0% |
| Rice | Irrigation Water Management | $6,772,942 | $6,772,942 | 0.5% |
| Grand Totals | $404,713,427 | 31.6% | ||
Endnotes
- One additional note for interpreting EQIP data presented here, projected totals in FY23 are estimated using budget authority for both IRA and Farm Bill funding totals, whereas the previous two fiscal years use obligated financial assistance data reported in NRCS’ annual protracts data set. The Farm Bill stepped up funding in EQIP each year over the last five years, going from $1.85 billion of budget authority in FY22 to $2.025 billion in FY23. This difference between obligations and budget authority combined with the step up in annual funding creates the large jump in funding from FY22 to FY23 shown in Graph 2.
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