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Texas Climate Smart Initiative

Texas Climate Smart Initiative

The Texas Climate-Smart Initiative (TCSI) is currently accepting applications of interest for our incentive program that will be allocating nearly $40 million to incentivize adoption of climate-smart practices, which also benefit soil health and sustainability, on working lands. We created a short video and flyer (see attached) to summarize our program. But, I’ve highlighted some features below.

Please help us spread the word! Let us know if you need any additional resources or would like us to give a short talk and Q&A at your next meeting or event. Our goal is to have all the money allocated within the next year.

TCSI program highlights

  • Provides incentives to adopt climate-smart practices (e.g., no-till, cover cropping, forest management, manure management, etc.) to commodity producers

    • Incentive payments will be comparable or beat EQIP for our selected practices

    • Incentives cannot be duplicated on the same land at the same time for the same practice (but incentives can be added, for example if you receive federal EQIP for cover cropping, but not no-till, you could add no-till)

    • Incentives can be applied to practices that are already adopted

  • Application is expression of interest (climatesmart@tamu.edu) not enrollment. The management plan will be developed specifically for your land, and plan and incentive payment structure will be provided in the enrollment agreement.

  • No risk to apply

  • Land must be located in the state of Texas

  • Multi-commodity, multi-practice, and multi-year (3-4 year) contracts

  • Applicants can own or lease land

  • Enrollment starts in April until funds are allocated

  • Questions call (979-314-8095) or email climatesmart@ag.tamu.edu

Questions?