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Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

NRCS

Annual payments up to $50,000 over a 5-year contract period to maintain existing conservation levels, or implement new conservation practices. Supplemental payments available for implementing or improving crop rotations, or for implementing advanced grazing management. Contracts may be renewed under new terms.

Eligibility

Agricultural producers and owners, owners of non-industrial private forestland, and Tribes in the United States and its territories.

Application Deadline

Rolling application periods.