Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)
Purpose:
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) provides cost share assistance to agricultural producers to voluntarily address issues such as water management, water quality, and erosion control by incorporating conservation into their farming operations. Producers may construct or improve water management structures or irrigation structures; plant trees for windbreaks or to improve water quality; and mitigate risk through production diversification or resource conservation practices, including soil erosion control, integrated pest management, or transition to organic farming.
Administering Agency:
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
Eligibility:
Applicants must own or control the land and agree to implement specific
eligible conservation practices. Applicants must meet
the Food Security Act's definition of "person."
- Eligible land:
- Cropland
- Hayland
- Pasture and rangeland
- Land used for subsistence purposes
- Other land (such as forestland) that produces crops or livestock where risk may be mitigated through operation diversification or change in resource conservation practices.
Assistance Offered:
The NRCS State Conservationist, in consultation with the State Technical Committee, determines eligible practices using a locally led process. The Federal cost-share rate shall be 75 percent of the cost of an eligible practice, based on the percent of actual
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