December 17, 2009

Deadline for 2010 conservation

financial assistance looms

 

The end of the year marks the deadline for Washington agricultural producers and landowners interested in protecting or improving natural resources on their land to apply for technical or financial assistance in 2010.

Interested agricultural producers need to contact their local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office before Dec. 31 if they want to qualify for conservation financial assistance in 2010.

More information is available at the agency’s Web site at http://www.wa.nrcs.usda.gov.