Attached is a list of FY20 AgEP approved cost-share contracts.

GVCD Agricultural Enhancement Program FY17 Sign-ups

The Greenbrier Valley Conservation District is pleased to announce that applications for FY17 Agricultural Enhancement Program cost-share funding will be accepted June 21 through July 8, 2016.  The program practices include:

• Exclusion fencing (water and woodland)
• Pasture division fencing (no boundary fencing)
• Watering system (trough and line only, must have water source already in place)
• Lime (must have valid soil tests within last three years)
• Woody invasive species management
• Cover crop 

***All cost share programs are subject to available funding.

We are now taking appointments for AEP sign-up.  Please call to schedule an appointment at one of the following locations:

Lewisburg--USDA Service Center:                   June 21, 22, 27, and 29; July 5 and 8

Peterstown--Fire Station (tentative location:)   June 23 and July 1

Rupert-- location TBD                                      June 24

Union--WVU Extension Office                         June 28 and July 6

Buckeye--USDA Office                                   June 21-24, June 27-29, July 1, July 5-8

Bill Canterbury Farm, Sinks Grove                 June 30 (in conjunction with Farm Field Day and Workshop)

Contact:  Barry Level, Grassland Technician, Greenbrier & Monroe Counties, 304-645-6172 ext 110 (office) or 304-520-2318 (cell)

Contact:  Lyndsee Gay, GVCD Intern, Northern Greenbrier & Pocahontas Counties, 304-799-4317 ext 107 (office) or 304-646-3796 (cell)

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GVCD Agricultural Enhancement Program

The purpose of the Agricultural Enhancement Program is to increase profitability and sustainability by encourageing farm productivity through conservating soil and implementing best management practices.                                              

The GVCD now has an approved Agricultural Enhancement Program for Fiscal Year 2016!  A signup for available practices under AgEP was held September 1-15, 2015 for the following practices:

Lime, Invasive Species, Cover Crop, Fencing and Water Development.  All applicants for each practice will be ranked.  Approvals, including name and practice must be published on the district's website, as well as in a local newspaper of general circulation.   All applications taken during the signup perios are currently being ranked for approval consideration.  We regret that we can no longer accept applications for Agricultural Enhancement practices at this time.  Please check back with us for future signup opportunities as funds are available.

For further information about the Agricultural Enhancement Program, or if you would like assistance with soil, forage or fecal sampling,  producers may contact the GVCD office at 179 Northridge Drive, Lewisburg, WV  (Lewisburg USDA Service Center) 304-645-6173; or Grassland Technicians Barrett (Barry) Level at the Lewisburg USDA Service Center at 304-645-6172 extension 110; cell phone 304-520-2318.

Office hours for the GVCD are Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Greenbrier Valley Conservation District Offers Equipment & Services

The Greenbrier Valley Conservation District would like to remind the public that we provide equipment and services to landowners in Greenbrier, Monroe and Pocahontas Counties.  We have the following equipment available for lease:  three no-till seeders, two lime spreaders, two litter spreaders, three post drivers, a pasture aerator, a pasture drag, portable animal scales, an engine-driven portable 300-gallon sprayer and a portable mist sprayer.   Please contact the GVCD office or Equipment Coordinator, Eugene Wickline at 304-667-7096 for details.

The GVCD also stocks spring tiles, lids and strainers, as well as filter fabric, Watson, Roberts and Jobe float valves and replacement parts.  Please contact our office in the USDA Service Center, Lewisburg at 179 Northridge Drive, or phone us at 304-645-6173 for details. 

We also offer forage and soil sampling services to producers.  Please contact the GVCD's Grassland Technicians Barrett Level at 304-645-6172, extension 110; Cell 304-520-2318 or Pamela Burns at 304-799-4317, extension 107; Cell 304-992-5948 for further information.