ACT NOW allows NRCS to approve and obligate a ranked application in a designated ranking pool(s) when an eligible application meets or exceeds a State-determined minimum ranking score. This means no longer having to wait for all applications to be reviewed and preapproved in a ranking pool. Ranking and preapprovals will continue until May 3, 2024, or until funds are expended, whichever comes first.

State Determined Minimum Threshold: 10 points.

Applicable Fund Pools: Beginning Farmer, Socially Disadvantaged, Organic, IRA-CSP, NIPF, NE Zone, NW Zone, SE Zone, and the SW Zone.

 

North Dakota Program Contacts:

Jarvis R. Keney
Assistant State Conservationist (Programs)
Phone: (701) 530.2005
Email: jarvis.keney@usda.gov
 

Ronald W. Herr
Resource Conservationist (Programs)
Phone: (701) 530.2051
Email: ronald.herr@usda.gov