White County SWCD Offers Assistance with IDOA’s New CPRG Agriculture Program:  The Illinois Department of Agriculture and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts have announced $67 million in funding to offer cost-share to producers and landowners who will implement no-till or strip-till starting in the fall of 2025. The payment rate for each of the three consecutive years of the program is $35 per acre, on the same field each year. Pre-enrollment and applications are available online by visiting the IDOA website at www.agr.illinois.gov/ and selecting the CPRG Climate Smart Agriculture Program link on the home page.  White County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) staff will temporarily be available again in an office at the Farm Bureau Building on Robinson Street in Carmi on Wednesday and Thursday of this week (October 29th and 30th) to provide direct program assistance.