{"id":27008,"date":"2022-12-22T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=27008"},"modified":"2022-12-22T10:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:31:15","slug":"2-million-in-additional-conservation-assistance-available-for-maryland-livestock-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2022\/12\/22\/2-million-in-additional-conservation-assistance-available-for-maryland-livestock-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"$2 Million in Additional Conservation Assistance Available for Maryland Livestock Farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2022\/12\/22\/2-million-in-additional-conservation-assistance-available-for-maryland-livestock-farmer\/attachment\/conservation-assistance-available\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Conservation Assistance Available\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg?fit=760%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27009\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg?resize=300%2C251\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/Conservation-Assistance-Available.jpg?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><em>Funds Will Assist with Manure Management to Improve Water Quality\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 21, 2022)\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013\u00a0The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced that an additional $2 million in conservation assistance\u00a0is now\u00a0available to help livestock farmers install best management practices on their farms to manage manure more efficiently and protect water quality in local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. Farmers in the following counties may apply for this assistance: Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, and Washington.\u00a0These counties have high concentrations of dairy and livestock operations in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This funding is provided as part of a 5-year Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) agreement awarded in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Maryland\u2019s RCPP proposal was developed to help the state meet its agricultural nutrient reduction goals by providing farmers with additional resources to improve their management of manure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The application period is now open and runs through January 20, 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Conservation practices funded by this agreement include stream protection and barnyard management practices that improve water quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stream protection practices eligible for funding:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Livestock exclusion fencing to keep animals out of streams;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Livestock stream crossings;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alternative water facilities for livestock; AND<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riparian forest buffers planted next to streams to control erosion and nutrient runoff.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barnyard best management practices eligible for funding:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animal waste storage facilities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Livestock heavy-use areas to improve mud and manure management;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roof runoff structures to safely convey rainwater runoff away from the barnyard area; AND<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roofs and covers installed over waste management facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland farmers are encouraged to contact their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/resource_conservation\/Pages\/technical_assistance.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">local soil conservation district<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as soon as possible to get projects evaluated and ranked following NRCS standards. Visit MDA\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/resource_conservation\/Pages\/financial_assistance.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for additional information on conservation programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mdagdept\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds Will Assist with Manure Management to Improve Water Quality\u00a0 ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 21, 2022)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced that an additional $2 million in conservation assistance\u00a0is now\u00a0available to help livestock farmers install best management practices on their farms to manage manure more efficiently and protect water quality in local waterways and<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2022\/12\/22\/2-million-in-additional-conservation-assistance-available-for-maryland-livestock-farmer\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27011,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27008\/revisions\/27011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}