Sign up for conservation stewardship contracts

SPOKANE VALLEY – Agricultural producers are encouraged to renew their existing Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Classic contract.

Participants with active contracts from fiscal year 2017 can renew their contracts for an additional five years if they agree to adopt new, additional activities to achieve higher levels of conservation on their lands.

Applications are due by March 31.

Through CSP, agricultural producers and forest land owners can earn payments for actively managing, maintaining, and expanding conservation activities like cover crops, ecologically-based pest management, buffer strips, and pollinator and beneficial insect habitat — all while maintaining active agricultural or forest production on their land. CSP also encourages the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and new management techniques such as precision agriculture applications, on-site carbon storage and planting for high carbon sequestration rate, and new soil amendments to improve water quality.

Producers interested in a CSP Classic contract are encouraged to contact their local USDA service center.

– For more information, contact Keith Griswold at 509 323 2971 or email [email protected].