NRCS accepts producer applications for its conservation programs year-round, but producers interested in funding during the current fiscal year should apply by their state’s ranking dates (below).
These dates include applications for programs funded through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Application Ranking Dates by State
FY 2025 Application Ranking Dates | States A - H | States I - M | States N - P | States R - W
* More about ranking dates
Alabama
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Alaska
Arizona
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and March 14, 2025
- CSP: January 10, 2025; May 2, 2025
- EQIP: December 3, 2024; January 10, 2025; February 10, 2025; and March 7, 2025
- RCPP: January 10, 2025; and March 7, 2025
Arkansas
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 29, 2024
- CSP: November 15, 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; and November 18, 2024
California
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: April 15, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; and January 31, 2025
- RCPP: November 8, 2024; and April 15, 2025
Caribbean Area
Colorado
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 7, 2025
- CSP: November 15, 2024; December 13, 2024; January 10, 2025; and February 7, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; December 13, 2024; January 10, 2025; and February 7, 2025
- RCPP: October 25, 2024; November 15, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 7, 2025
Connecticut
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 15, 2024
- CSP: October 15, 2024; December 6, 2024; and February 7, 2025
- EQIP: October 15, 2024; December 6, 2024; and February 7, 2025
- RCPP: October 15, 2024; December 6, 2024; and February 7, 2025
Delaware
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 15, 2024; March 14, 2025; and May 16, 2025
- CSP: December 19, 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; December 13, 2024; March 14, 2025; and May 16, 2025
Florida
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; October 25, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Georgia
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: March 7, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024
- RCPP: November 15, 2024
Idaho
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; October 18, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: February 28, 2025; and May 2, 2025
- EQIP: October 4, 2024; March 7, 2025; and April 4, 2025
Illinois
- ACEP: October 4, 2024, December 20, 2024, and January 10, 2025
- CSP: May 2, 2025
- EQIP: February 28, 2025
Indiana
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: December 6, 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; December 6, 2024; and December 13, 2024
Iowa
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 22, 2024; and May 9, 2025
- EQIP: November 22, 2024; and April 4, 2025
- RCPP: November 22, 2024; and April 4, 2025
Kansas
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: April 18, 2025
- EQIP: April 18, 2025
- RCPP: November 1, 2024; April 18, 2025
Kentucky
Louisiana
- ACEP: September 30, 2024; October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 22, 2024
- EQIP: November 22, 2024; and March 14, 2025
- RCPP: December 13, 2024
Maine
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- AMA: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- CSP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- EQIP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- RCPP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
Maryland
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 25, 2024
- CSP: October25, 2024; February 7, 2025; and March 7, 2025
- EQIP: October 25, 2024; November 15, 2024; December 15, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 7, 2025
- RCPP: October 25, 2024; and February 7, 2025
Massachusetts
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; October 18, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- CSP: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- EQIP: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- RCPP: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
Michigan
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 8, 2024; and April 18, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024
- RCPP: November 15, 2024; January 17, 2025; February 3, 2025; and February 28, 2025
Minnesota
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 13, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 15, 2024
- EQIP: September 6, 2024
Mississippi
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; November 1, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
Missouri
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and January 26, 2024
- CSP: March 14, 2025
- EQIP: January 24, 2025
- RCPP: November 29, 2024
Montana
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; November 1, 2024; November 29, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: December 27, 2024
- EQIP: October 25, 2024
- RCPP: October 11, 2024; and November 1, 2024
- Additional Montana Programs and Application Dates
Nebraska
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; November 15, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 15, 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024
Nevada
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 22, 2024; and June 13, 2025
- CSP: May 23, 2025
- EQIP: November 21, 2024; November 22, 2024; January 30, 2025; February 28, 2025; March 13, 2025; June 13, 2025; and August 14, 2025
New Hampshire
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 4, 2024; January 10, 2025; April 18, 2025
- CSP: October 4, 2024; January 10, 2025; April 18, 2025
- EQIP: October 4, 2024; January 10, 2025; March 28, 2025; and April 18, 2025
- RCPP: October 4, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 18, 2025
New Jersey
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 18, 2024
- CSP: March 14, 2025
- EQIP: October 18, 2024
- RCPP: October 18, 2024
New Mexico
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 13, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: February 28, 2025
- EQIP: February 28, 2025
New York
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 1, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
North Carolina
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 2, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
North Dakota
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; January 17, 2025; February 14, 2025; March 14, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- RCPP: January 10, 2025; February 14, 2025; March 14, 2025; and April 11, 2025
Ohio
Oklahoma
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Oregon
Pacific Islands Area
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; November 1, 2024; December 20, 2024; and January 31, 2025
- AMA: November 1, 2024; and January 31, 2025
- CSP: November 1, 2024; and January 31, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2024; and January 31, 2025
Pennsylvania
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 1, 2024
- CSP: January 1, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Rhode Island
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 4, 2024; and January 10, 2025
- CSP: October 4, 2024; and January 10, 2025
- EQIP: October 4, 2024; January 10, 2025; and June 6, 2025
- RCPP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and January 10, 2025
South Carolina
South Dakota
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Tennessee
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; November 15, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 15, 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024
Texas
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 6, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: January 24, 2025
- EQIP: November 8, 2024
Utah
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 1, 2024; March 7, 2025; and June 27, 2025
- CSP: November 1, 2024; March 7, 2025; and June 27, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2024; March 7, 2025; and June 27, 2025
Vermont
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- AMA: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- CSP: Continuous; January 24, 2025; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- EQIP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
Virginia
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: October 11, 2024
- EQIP: October 11, 2024
- RCPP: October 11, 2024
Washington
West Virginia
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: September 13, 2024
- CSP: August 16, 2024
- EQIP: September 13, 2024
Wisconsin
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: February 7, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Wyoming
More About Ranking Dates
Apply by your state’s ranking dates to be considered for funding in the current cycle. Funding is provided through a competitive process. If you apply after the program ranking date, NRCS will automatically consider your application during future funding cycles and will contact you for any changes that need to be considered.
This page lists ranking dates for NRCS key programs:
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
- Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)
- Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
Some states have also announced ranking dates for other programs, including:
- EQIP Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry (EQIP-CSAF)
- EQIP Conservation Incentive Contracts (EQIP-CIC)
- CSP Grasslands Conservation Initiative (CSP-GCI)
- state-specific RCPP programs.