The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will assist producers with a new organic management standard under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Organic Transition Initiative (OTI).
The new organic management standard allows flexibility for producers to gain the assistance, training, and expertise they need through organic transition and supports practices required for organic certification, many of which extend beyond existing NRCS conservation practices. It supports conservation practices required for organic certification and may provide foregone income reimbursement for dips in production during the transition period.
Higher payment rates and other options are available for underserved producers including socially disadvantaged, beginning, veteran, and limited resource farmers and ranchers.
Source: usda.gov
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