Application cut-off for FRPP is set for January 18, 2013

January 18 is the application cut-off date for the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP), USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today.

FRPP provides matching funds to help communities preserve farm or ranch land and cultural resources. The program offers a way to keep prime farmland in agriculture use and, at the same time, keep farming and ranching communities thriving by relieving development pressures.

Under the program, USDA partners with state, tribal, or local governments and non-governmental organizations to acquire conservation easements or other interes...