Updated 7-10-19

The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service in Tennessee recently announced that an additional $2 million in assistance is being made available to eligible Giles County and Tennessee farmers and forestland owners who suffered damage to working lands due to flooding events that occurred from February 19 through March 30.

 Agricultural producers and non-industrial forest landowners in numerous counties, including Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln and Marshall are eligible to apply for assistance.

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is a voluntary conservation program that helps agricultural producers protect the environment while promoting agricultural production. It also aims to protect affected land from erosion, support disaster recovery and repair, and can help mitigate loss from exceptional storm events in the future.

Agricultural producers and non-industrial forest landowners interested in applying for EQIP Disaster Recovery Assistance should contact their local USDA service center at 363-2675.

The application cutoff deadline is July 31.