Agricultural Conservation Program
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The Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP), administered by the Farm Service Agency
, is the largest and oldest conservation cost-sharing program; it paid farmers up to $3,500 per year as an incentive to install approved conservation practices. It was terminated in the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127) and replaced by a new Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP).
Farm Service Agency
The Farm Service Agency is the USDA agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service . The ASCS was, as the FSA is now, primarily tasked with the implementation of farm conservation and regulation laws around the country...
, is the largest and oldest conservation cost-sharing program; it paid farmers up to $3,500 per year as an incentive to install approved conservation practices. It was terminated in the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127) and replaced by a new Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is a program created by the 1996 farm bill to provide primarily cost-sharing assistance, but also technical and educational assistance, aimed at promoting production and environmental quality, and optimizing environmental benefits...
(EQIP).