Soil to Supper (Quivira Coalition)

Soil to Supper pays Southwest livestock producers to adopt conservation practices and market-access activities, funded by an NRCS Advancing Markets for Producers grant to Quivira Coalition. Participants get incentive payments for enrollment and reporting, a grazing management plan, funding to implement practices such as prescribed grazing, erosion control structures, grazing infrastructure and soil carbon amendments, and support for market or business development activities. The project will enroll 50 producers and distribute $2.5 million.

• Produce animal products (animals, meat, dairy, or fiber) from domestic ruminant livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, bison, yaks) in pasture-based operations in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, or Texas

• Sell a commodity produced from your livestock each year during the project

• Have or be able to obtain an FSA number; certify compliance with AD-1026 (highly erodible lands and wetlands)

• Have legal control of ranch or farm property in CO, NM, AZ or TX through September 2028; not a foreign entity

• Submit bi-annual data and reporting to Quivira as required by NRCS

• Implement at least one conservation practice and at least one market/business development or educational activity; develop a grazing management plan with project staff

• Priority areas: Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire area (San Miguel, Mora, Colfax counties NM); Ogallala Aquifer counties in CO, NM and the Texas panhandle; Four Corners counties in NM, AZ and CO

Payments for project activities will be on a reimbursement basis, requiring verified completion of the practice prior to the producer receiving payment. Incentive payments also cover onboarding, establishing plans and semi-annual reporting.

Published amounts: Soil to Supper will enroll 50 producers and provide $2.5 million in financial assistance to Southwest livestock producers. Each Soil to Supper participant will be eligible to receive financial assistance of up to $100,000, with the amounts determined by their participation in specific project activities.

Two-step process: submit the interest form (Google Form linked from soiltosupper.org), then producers who appear eligible are sent the full application form. Applications are ranked with a scoring rubric after a phone interview.

Deadline text on the page: To be considered for the first sign-up period, interest forms must be received on or before November 6, 2026. ... Once the application form is sent to the producer, it must be submitted on or before November 20, 2026. We anticipate a second batching date of February 15, 2027. The project runs from September 2026 through September 2028.