Assistance Programs

To support strategic investments in businesses, organizations, or individuals who work with farms to support the improvement of water quality across the state of Vermont

Technical and financial assistance for on-farm improvements and structural conservation practices to improve water quality such as manure storage, barnyard runoff collection, laneway development, stream crossings and more

Financial assistance for new or innovative equipment that will aid in the reduction of surface runoff of agricultural wastes to state waters and improve water quality of state waters

To reduce sediment runoff and improve water quality by removing land from agricultural production and establishing vegetative buffers

To implement soil based agronomic practices that improve soil and water quality as well as to support educational or instructional activties to improve soil health and water quality

Technical and financial assistance to create perennial vegetated areas than can be harvested; grassed waterways, filter strips and critical source areas

Technical and financial assistance for pasture improvements and livestock exclusion from surface water

Performance-based payments to Vermont farmers for reductions in phosphorus (P) losses from their agricultural fields