Producers interested in applying for the Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) and related conservation practices need to signup by July 17 at their local Natural Resources Conservation Service field office.
Financial assistance is available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to producers with approved applications.
The NRCS and the Kansas Livestock Association Environmental Services, Inc. will participate in a partnership effort through the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative to deliver this project to producers with Combined Animal Feeding Operations to protect surface water.
VRI allows for defined zones of a center pivot irrigation sprinkler to be turned off as it passes over an environmental area and then continue applying waste water once those nozzles are clear of the area.
Stop by the local U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Center and visit with the NRCS or local conservation district staff to get more information about helping address resource concerns.
The local office is located at 2503 Enterprise Suite B, El Dorado. They can be reached at 321-5803 or on their Web site at www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ccpi.
