Farm Bill

Federal programs funded through the federal Farm Bill, passed every five years, encourage and support conservation initiatives happening in Iowa. INHF works with partners through the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to ensure that the policies contained in the Farm Bill are used in the most effective way possible to achieve Iowa’s and the nation’s conservation goals, and that funding is sufficient to realize these objectives.
Several changes to programs were made in the last Farm Bill (passed in 2014). Some programs that impact Iowa conservationists and farmers are:

• Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
• The Agricultural Land Easement (ALE)
• Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE)
• The Conservation Stewardship Program
• The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
• The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
• The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

For more information about these specific programs and how they benefit Iowans, contact INHF at info@inhf.org or 515-288-1846.