Transform Ag Dairy Manure Management Incentive

Transform Ag, a USDA-funded project run by Carbon A List, pays dairy farms to implement an NRCS Nutrient Management (Conservation Practice Standard 590) plan, with planning support and vendor coordination. Payments cover the documented, actual cost of implementing the plan under multi-year agreements, typically $50,000 to $1 million per farm from a pool of about $12 million.

• Dairy farms in California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah or Wisconsin ("This program is focused on 14 states").

• Must implement an NRCS Nutrient Management (Conservation Practice Standard 590) plan.

• "Applications are evaluated on several factors" (see application guide).

"Payments cover the documented, actual cost of nutrient management plan implementation, with multi-year agreements."

Published amounts: Expected payment range: $50,000 – $1,000,000 per farm. Total incentive pool: up to ~$12 million. Agreement length: Multi-year.

Download the application guide from the program page, then apply through the APPLY button (Airtable form https://airtable.com/appphDQ7IybZEVtam/pag1qupyTGgSUl1X1/form). Questions: incentives@TransformF2C.com.

Deadline text on the page: Homepage banner: "Now Open". No deadline published; federal agreement runs to 2028-06-12.