The Building Climate Success by Empowering Humans to Care for our Natural Resources

Through this project, tribal and other underserved producers would receive financial assistance for adopting climate-smart practices for livestock and pecan production in Oklahoma. Project partners plan to create tools and partnerships for enrollees to market climate-smart products, including the creation of a climate-smart marketing class session and other resources.

Establish Farm Records with the USDA Farm Service Agency

• Complete an AD-2047 (Customer Data Worksheet to facilitate the collection of customer data for Business Partner Record)

• Certify highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation via Form AD-1026

• Certify that they are not a foreign person

• Certify that they are not receiving funds for the same practices on the same acreage from other government programs such as EQIP

• Agree to share farm data to calculate emissions, and to calculate carbon sequestration associated with implemented climate-smart management practices

• Equity: Applicants that qualify as Historically Underserved and/or Socially Disadvantaged will be given priority. Underserved producers include socially disadvantaged farmers (minorities), veteran farmers, and limited resource farmers.

• Maximum acres an individual can enroll is 80 acres

• 75% of funds are prioritized for SDA producer payments

• Building markets and reduced GHG emission market facilitation 

• Creation of eastern OK beef cooperative and a value added pecan production network. Harness the power of cooperative marketing and the development a system of support to empower producers to make marketing decisions with confidence

• Silvopasture- work closely with Oklahoma Department of Forestry and OCC to incorporate prescribed livestock grazing in pecan orchard to improve soil health and increase carbon sequestration 

• Soil health- build organic matter and resilience against extreme climate events 

Fill out the inquiry form here.