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Applying for a grant from the USDA on your own can feel like a second job — an alphabet soup of acronyms and regulations. Energy Improvement Matters (EIM) will cover the A to Zs of grant applications to make this task easier for you and to increase your odds of winning. Beginning with: Advice: Even the … Continue reading Alphabet Soup of Acronyms and Regulations

Producers Eligible for Disaster Relief: Includes flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and calamities The USDA recently designated natural disaster areas in 256 counties across Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah due to drought conditions. Thanks to the 2014 Farm Bill, qualified farmers and ranchers in affected counties can apply for … Continue reading Disaster Relief via USDA

Every day you confront new information, problems and costs that must be dealt with in a positive way to continue your prosperity.  As you try to dig through the piles of paper work, it probably seems like nothing is simple anymore.  In many ways, you are right.  For most of us, our parents did their … Continue reading Grant Consultation for Farmers and Ranchers

Winter is in full swing in Indiana and many of you are out of the fields around this time of the year. This has been the ideal time for EIM to visit your operations and complete on-farm energy audits. Our team has experienced high levels of professionalism and competency shown by multiple applicants and would … Continue reading Ideas to Add Value to Your Products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently released the interim final rule for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. If you would like to comment to the USDA about the EQIP changes, please do so before Feb. 10, 2015. The USDA press release indicates that “EQIP now includes program changes authorized by … Continue reading EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program)