NRCS accepts producer applications for its conservation programs year-round, but producers interested in funding during the current fiscal year should apply by their state’s ranking dates (below).
Application Ranking Dates by State
FY 2025 and FY 2026 Application Ranking Dates | States A - H | States I - M | States N - P | States R - W
* More about ranking dates
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and March 14, 2025
- CSP: January 10, 2025; May 2, 2025
- EQIP: December 3, 2024; January 10, 2025; February 10, 2025; and March 7, 2025
- RCPP: January 10, 2025; and March 7, 2025
Arkansas
California
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: April 15, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; and January 31, 2025
- RCPP: November 8, 2024; and April 15, 2025
Caribbean Area
Colorado
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 7, 2025
- CSP: November 15, 2024; December 13, 2024; January 10, 2025; and February 7, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; December 13, 2024; January 10, 2025; and February 7, 2025
- RCPP: October 25, 2024; November 15, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 7, 2025
Connecticut
- ACEP: October 3, 2025
- AMA: October 3, 2025
- CSP: October 3, 2025
- EQIP: October 3, 2025
- RCPP: October 3, 2025
Delaware
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 15, 2024; March 14, 2025; and May 16, 2025
- CSP: December 19, 2024
- EQIP: November 15, 2024; December 13, 2024; March 14, 2025; and May 16, 2025
Florida
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; October 25, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Georgia
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: March 7, 2025
- EQIP – General: December 13, 2024
- EQIP – Hurricane Helene: November 15, 2024
- RCPP – Easements: December 13, 2024
- RCPP – Land Management Activities: November 15, 2024; and December 2, 2024
Idaho
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; October 18, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: February 28, 2025; and May 2, 2025
- EQIP: October 4, 2024; March 7, 2025; and April 4, 2025
- RCPP-LMR: February 6, 2026
Illinois
- ACEP: October 4, 2024, December 20, 2024, and January 10, 2025
- CSP: May 2, 2025
- EQIP: February 28, 2025
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: April 18, 2025
- EQIP: April 18, 2025
- RCPP: November 1, 2024; April 18, 2025
Kentucky
Louisiana
- ACEP: September 30, 2024; October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 22, 2024
- EQIP: November 22, 2024; and March 14, 2025
- RCPP: December 13, 2024
Maine
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; and August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- AMA: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- CSP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- EQIP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- RCPP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
Maryland
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 25, 2024
- CSP: October25, 2024; February 7, 2025; and March 7, 2025
- EQIP: October 25, 2024; November 15, 2024; December 15, 2024; December 20, 2024; and February 7, 2025
- RCPP: October 25, 2024; and February 7, 2025
Massachusetts
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; October 18, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- CSP: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- EQIP: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
- RCPP: October 11, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 11, 2025
Michigan
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: November 8, 2024; and April 18, 2025
- EQIP: November 15, 2024
- RCPP: November 15, 2024; January 17, 2025; February 3, 2025; and February 28, 2025
Minnesota
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 13, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: October 31, 2025
- EQIP: August 1, 2025
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
- ACEP-ALE: November 28, 2025
- ACEP-WRE: October 31, 2025
- CSP: October 31, 2025
- EQIP: October 31, 2025
- RCPP: October 11, 2025
- Additional Montana Programs and Application Dates
Nebraska
Nevada
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 22, 2024; and June 13, 2025
- CSP: May 23, 2025
- EQIP: November 21, 2024; November 22, 2024; January 30, 2025; February 28, 2025; March 13, 2025; June 13, 2025; and August 14, 2025
New Hampshire
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 10, 2025
- CSP: October 10, 2025
- EQIP: October 10, 2025
- RCPP: October 4, 2024; January 10, 2025; and April 18, 2025
New Jersey
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: October 18, 2024
- CSP: March 14, 2025
- EQIP: October 18, 2024
- RCPP: October 18, 2024
New Mexico
New York
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 1, 2024
- CSP: November 1, 2024
- EQIP: February 26, 2026
North Carolina
North Dakota
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: 2024
- EQIP: September 19, 2025
- RCPP: September 19, 2025
Ohio
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: January 31, 2025
- EQIP: January 31, 2025
Oklahoma
- ACEP: November 7, 2025 sign-up date
- CSP: November 7, 2025 sign-up date
- EQIP: November 7, 2025 sign-up date, February 20, 2026 ranking date
- RCPP: November 7, 2025 sign-up date
Oregon
Pacific Islands Area
- ACEP: November 14, 2025; and February 6, 2026
- AMA: November 14, 2025; and February 6, 2026
- CSP: November 14, 2025; and February 6, 2026
- EQIP: November 14, 2025; and February 6, 2026
- RCPP: November 14, 2025; and February 6, 2026
Pennsylvania
- ACEP: November 1, 2025; January 1, 2026; and March 1, 2026
- AMA: November 1, 2025
- CSP: November 1, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2025
- RCPP: November 1, 2025
Rhode Island
- ACEP: October 3, 2025
- AMA: October 3, 2025
- CSP: October 3, 2025
- EQIP: October 3 2025
- NWQI: October 3, 2025
- RCPP: October 3, 2025
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 6, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: January 24, 2025
- EQIP: November 8, 2024
Utah
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: November 1, 2024; March 7, 2025; and June 27, 2025
- CSP: November 1, 2024; March 7, 2025; and June 27, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2024; March 7, 2025; and June 27, 2025
Vermont
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; December 20, 2024; Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- AMA: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- CSP: Continuous; January 24, 2025; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
- EQIP: Continuous; August 22, 2025 (FY26)
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- AMA: September 13, 2024
- CSP: August 16, 2024
- EQIP: September 13, 2024
Wisconsin
- ACEP: October 4, 2024; and December 20, 2024
- CSP: February 7, 2025
- EQIP: November 1, 2024
- RCPP: November 1, 2024
Wyoming
More About Ranking Dates
Apply by your state’s ranking dates to be considered for funding in the current cycle. Funding is provided through a competitive process. If you apply after the program ranking date, NRCS will automatically consider your application during future funding cycles and will contact you for any changes that need to be considered.
This page lists ranking dates for NRCS key programs: