Meeting Thursday on FSA's ECP for fire-impacted producers

From Farm Service Agency

The USDA Farm Service Agency is hosting a producer meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at Bear Paw Elementary School located at 29815 Clear Creek Rd, Chinook, MT 59523.

The meeting will be co-hosted by the Hill and Blaine County FSA Offices and is free and open to the public.

FSA will present information on the Emergency Conservation Program authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014, the 2014 Farm Bill. ECP Fire Signup is scheduled for Oct. 9 to Nov. 8 in both counties.

For land to be eligible for ECP, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems th...