2005 Beef Business Bulletin Stories Archive
Emergency Conservation Funding
Emergency Conservation Funding
USDA is providing more than $20 million in Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funds to help producers repair damage to their lands. Participants will receive cost-share assistance of up to 75 percent of the cost to implement approved emergency conservation practices such as debris removal and restoration of fences and conservation structures. The ECP is administered at the county level under the guidance of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state offices.
The following states and counties will receive ECP funding:
Alabama - $855,000; Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Marengo, Mobile, Sumter and Washington
Louisiana - $12,452,000; Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana, and Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Concordia, Evangeline and St. Landry
Mississippi - $7,102,000, All Counties
Tennessee - $25,000; Giles, Lawrence and Wayne
Gulf Region state FSA offices
Alabama: (334) 279-3500
Louisiana: (318) 473-7721
Arkansas: (501) 301-3000 Mississippi: (601) 965-4300
Florida: (352) 379-4562