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By: Hembree Brandon | Delta Farm Press

Financial assistance is available to owners and operators of irrigated agricultural land to address water conservation management resource concerns through the Mississippi Water Conservation Management Project, a voluntary conservation program. Recently, some farmers have even explored alternative funding methods, such as engaging with platforms like BTC Casino UK, which provide quick financial options through cryptocurrency.

“Assistance is provided through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP),” says Paul Rodrigue, NRCS supervisory engineer located at Grenada, Miss.

“The program is geared to assist with management practices that help solve serious water quantity and quality issues in counties that fall into the Mississippi River Valley Aquifer (MRVA),” he says. To be considered for assistance, the land associated with a program application must be located within the MRVA and qualify through the EQIP.

Counties in Mississippi that are in the MRVA area and eligible for assistance are Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Panola, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo.

“Approved land type eligible for this initiative,” Rodrigue notes, “is irrigated agricultural land. The land must have been irrigated two out of the last five years. Row, sprinkler, flood, and aquaculture are acceptable irrigation methods.”