Grants are available from the University of Idaho to farmers who implement climate-smart farming methods.
The institution declared on Wednesday that applications for its Innovative Agricultural and Marketing Partnership would be accepted through February 21.
The collaboration is a statewide initiative aimed at mitigating the climate impact of Idaho’s most important commodities, such as beef, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat, barley, hops, and chickpeas.It seeks to restore farmland soil carbon while preventing 31,000 to 70,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents from entering the environment each year.
At least 30% of the more than 200 farms that will be enrolled in the initiative will be from underserved communities. According to a news statement from the university, grants for grazing cover crops on enrolled acreage vary from $38 to $74 per acre, or $1 per head per day.
Erin Brooks, the program’s co-director and a professor in the Department of Soil and Water Systems, stated in the release, “I’m hopeful we can have a significant impact on changing agriculture in Idaho.” I believe that over the next five years, a significant change may occur, and IAMP may be the primary driver of that change.
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Producers can apply by going to the University of Idaho’s program webpage and clicking on the link for the producer application. There is a YouTube video on the page that provides directions, and the process is anticipated to take 10 to 25 minutes.
In order to provide them with guidance and support throughout the program, the application allows producers to select their preferred partner groups from a list that includes the Nez Perce and Coeur d Alene tribes, Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef, The Nature Conservancy, and county soil conservation districts.
Program officials are giving southern and eastern Idaho projects that involve potatoes and sugar beets priority enrollment in this application round, as last year’s round largely attracted interest from wheat producers in North Idaho.
This spring will see the start of the first widespread registration of producers using climate-smart methods. It is not necessary for producers who signed up during the first signup round to do anything during this round.
The initiative is the biggest grant award in the history of the University of Idaho.
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