DE Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)

From USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

We deliver conservation solutions so agricultural producers can protect natural resources and feed a growing world.

Type of Support

Overview

The Delaware Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) program provides financial support to aid producers in implementing conservation practices, improving water management and irrigation structures, planting trees for windbreaks or water quality, and mitigating risk through diversification or conservation practices like soil erosion control, integrated pest management, or transitioning to organic farming. Available in 16 states where Federal Crop Insurance Program participation is historically low, AMA helps cover up to 75% of the conservation practice costs, with a cap of $50,000 per participant per fiscal year. It also offers higher cost-share rates for historically underserved producers, exempting participants from Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation provisions while adhering to Adjusted Gross Income provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985.

Eligibility

Organization's Location
USA
Program Location
DE
Organization Type
Producers engaged in livestock or agricultural production
Other
  • Must have an interest in the farming operation associated with the land being offered for AMA enrollment
  • Must control the land for the term of the proposed contract
  • Must be in compliance with the provisions for protecting the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, including the provisions for sharing AMA payments on a fair and equitable basis
  • Must be within appropriate payment limitation requirements
  • Land on which agricultural commodities or livestock are produced is eligible, including cropland, hayland, pastureland, rangeland, and grassland
  • Land used for subsistence purposes, private non-industrial forestland, or other land used for the production of agricultural products, livestock, or forest-related goods is eligible
  • Eligible land includes areas where risk may be mitigated through operation diversification or change in resource conservation practices
up to 50k

Submission

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