Vermont farms subject to the Required Agricultural Practices can apply year-round for cost-share on farmstead water quality structures such as manure storage and barnyard runoff collection; rates set by policy.
Technical and financial assistance for Vermont farms to identify and address farmstead water quality concerns with structural practices such as barnyard runoff collection, manure storage, silage leachate collection and milk house waste treatment. Amount not published: cost-share rates and maximums are set in a separate cost share policy. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis; those received by May 1 can get an engineering field visit the same year.
All farms required to comply with the Required Agricultural Practices are eligible to apply
Applications are ranked by statutory funding priorities and a risk assessment
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