Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program

The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses. Working through existing programs, NRCS partners with state, tribal or local governments and non-governmental non-profit organizations to acquire conservation easements or development rights on prime, unique or other productive farmland.  The program also provides assistance for farms containing significant historical or archaeological resources.  NRCS provides up to 50 percent of the fair market easement value.

To qualify, farmland must: be part of a pending offer from a state, tribe, or local farmland protection program; be privately owned; have a conservation plan for highly erodible land; be large enough to sustain agricultural production; be accessible to markets for what the land produces; have adequate infrastructure and agricultural support services; and have surrounding parcels of land that can support long-term agricultural production. Depending on funding availability, proposals must be submitted by the eligible entities to the appropriate NRCS State Office during the application window.

FY 2005 Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Sign-Up and Application Information

The Request for Proposals was announced on December 6th. Proposals must be submitted to the South Carolina NRCS State Office in Columbia by April 5, 2005.            
FY 2005 Request for Proposals (RFP)

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Word.

FRPP FY 2005 South Carolina Ranking Criteria (67 KB) 
FRPP FY 2005 South Carolina Tracking Sheet (47 KB) 
FRPP FY 2005 South Carolina HEL Requirements (34 KB )
FRPP FY 2005 South Carolina Memo (162 KB) 
Program Description (57 KB)

Accomplishments

FRPP Success in Beaufort County

National Information

• Land Evaluation & Site Assessment (LESA)  Systems 
• FRPP Policy, 440-V-CPM, Part 519
• Farm and Ranch Land Information Center
• National Environmental Policy Act Documents
• Final Rule, 7 CFR 1491, May 16, 2003
• Key Points
• Questions and Answers
• Public Law - Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
• Public Law - Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

Contacts

Last Modified: 03/29/2006