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Conservation districts ask legislators for $50,000-a-year climate resilience grants for farms
Summary
Conservation districts and farmers told the Finance Committee that a $50,000 annual appropriation (HB 246) would leverage private donations and grant farmers up to $10,000 for projects that improve soil health, water management and farm resilience to extreme weather.
Representative Judy Aaron introduced House Bill 246, which would appropriate $50,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2027 to the Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food for distribution by the State Conservation Committee to 10 county conservation districts to implement a conservation district climate resilience grant program.
Aaron and cosponsors said the grants would fill gaps in federal and private funding by providing relatively small, targeted awards to farms that help with soil health, irrigation and other measures to adapt to droughts, heavy precipitation and pest…
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