USDA funding for dairies, animal feeding operations

SPOKANE, Wash. (November 22, 2016) – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington state has announced that it will make financial assistance available for animal feeding operations and confined animal feeding operations (AFO/CAFOs) through their popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

EQIP is a voluntary Farm Bill program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to plan and implement conservation practices that improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and related natural resources. In most instances, program participants pay for roughly...