The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a study on EQIP. The goal of the study was to analyze if EQIP’s fund are providing the most environmental benefit to our lands. The following report reviews the distribution of EQIP’s funds for the fiscal years 2009 through 2015. Also, the study reviews NRCS’s process for distributing funds. During 2009 through 2015 fiscal years the NRCS distributed $5.7 billion dollars in EQIP contracts. According to the farm bill the NRCS must distribute 60 percent of their allotted funds on livestock practices such as prescribed grazing. However, according to GAO’s study the …show more content…
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