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USDA Releases 1.9 Billion for Conservation on Working Lands
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced that USDA is releasing nearly $1.9 billion through NRCS for conservation assistance on working lands. The
funding will help producers with conservation planning and voluntary
conservation programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and
Wetlands Reserve Program. Veneman made the announcement during an Earth Day
celebration on a family farm in Davidsonville, Maryland (4/22/03).
Links...
State-by-State List of 2003 NRCS Conservation Funding
Map of 2003 NRCS State Allocations
USDA News Release:
Veneman Marks Earth Day by Announcing Funds for Conservation and Water
Development and CRP Sign-Up
Earth Day Remarks
at the Rossback Family Locust Farm, Davidsonville, MD (Agriculture Secretary Ann
M. Veneman, Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich and Maryland Agriculture
Secretary Lewis R. Riley)
NRCS Farm Bill Web Site
USDA Farm Bill Web Site
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State-by-State List of 2003 NRCS Conservation
Funding |
| State |
Allocation |
| Alabama |
$29,055,776 |
| Alaska |
$12,453,900 |
| Arizona |
$25,126,797 |
| Arkansas |
$52,520,776 |
| California |
$98,274,189 |
| Colorado |
$50,375,711 |
| Connecticut |
$ 8,041,930 |
| Delaware |
$ 9,238,679 |
| Florida |
$53,329,263 |
| Georgia |
$41,933,444 |
| Hawaii |
$12,813,600 |
| Idaho |
$36,520,992 |
| Illinois |
$52,535,950 |
| Indiana |
$37,755,210 |
| Iowa |
$68,531,195 |
| Kansas |
$52,456,872 |
| Kentucky |
$35,970,693 |
| Louisiana |
$52,284,363 |
| Maine |
$11,251,959 |
| Maryland |
$18,581,711 |
| Massachusetts |
$11,609,056 |
| Michigan |
$41,735,043 |
| Minnesota |
$55,475,399 |
| Mississippi |
$59,454,078 |
| Missouri |
$61,463,556 |
| Montana |
$46,783,621 |
| Nebraska |
$50,666,378 |
| Nevada |
$10,766,938 |
| New Hampshire |
$ 7,276,533 |
| New Jersey |
$12,821,022 |
| New Mexico |
$33,263,284 |
| New York |
$35,512,029 |
| North Carolina |
$38,019,858 |
| North Dakota |
$42,455,440 |
| Ohio |
$36,449,970 |
| Oklahoma |
$50,171,727 |
| Oregon |
$43,078,547 |
| Pennsylvania |
$28,890,366 |
| Rhode Island |
$4,994,997 |
| South Carolina |
$28,196,625 |
| South Dakota |
$32,613,400 |
| Tennessee |
$28,614,827 |
| Texas |
$130,976,076 |
| Utah |
$25,745,796 |
| Vermont |
$ 9,827,054 |
| Virginia |
$25,543,695 |
| Washington |
$37,514,084 |
| West Virginia |
$36,507,081 |
| Wisconsin |
$44,663,935 |
| Wyoming |
$24,163,067 |
| Pacific Basin |
$ 4,305,700 |
| Puerto Rico |
$ 7,943,400 |
| TOTAL |
$1,866,555,592 |
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