The Utah Soil Health Equipment Grant is designed to provide funding for equipment for implementing soil health practices in the state.
Donor Name: Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
State: Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
Implementing soil health practices such as cover crops and no-till has shown to improve the overall health of the soil. But many of these practices also require the purchase of specialized equipment that can be costly. In an effort to overcome some of these barriers and allow Utah’s farmers and ranchers the opportunity to try these practices, the Utah Soil Health Program is offering a grant to organizations that work directly with farmers and rancher to help purchase equipment related to implementing soil health and make it available to producers around the state.
Access to soil health equipment has been identified as a key barrier to the adoption of soil health practices such as no-till. The equipment purchased will be made available to agriculture producers by the conservation district in the area it will serve.
Funding Information
Each grant application funding request will be capped at $50,000 maximum with a minimum of 20% matching funds. The match requirement must be in the form of a financial contribution (no in-kind match).
Eligible Equipment
Eligible equipment is required to have a tie to implementing one of the following soil health principles:
- Keeping the soil covered.
- Minimizing soil disturbance (physical or chemical)
- Maximizing biodiversity
- Keeping a living root as long as possible
- Integrating livestock
Application may include accessories and supportive equipment needed for the operation and or transportation of the soil health equipment being purchased.
Eligibility Criteria
All applications are required to have at least one conservation district as a fiscal partner. All reimbursement payments under the grant will be made to the conservation district. Projects / Equipment must be in Utah.
For more information, visit UDAF.
