Application Information

Welcome to the 2025 application for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food's Agricultural Voluntary Incentive Program (AgVIP)! This grant is open to individuals or entities interested in increasing the level of conservation on their agricultural operation. If you have not done so already, we encourage you to reach out to your local UDAF office to get connected with a conservation planner who can help you fill out this application. There are several questions associated with this application that you will need a planner help you to answer. Contact information for you local planners can be found in section 3 of the application.
 

Program Information

Additional program information can be found on our website at www.ag.utah.gov/agvip . If you have further questions, please email Katie Ottmann, AgVIP Program Manager, at katieottmann@utah.gov or (385) 224-9447.
 

Eligibility

To be eligible for AgVIP, applicants must:

• Agree to implement at least one new conservation practice on their operation for an entire crop year if their application is chosen for funding.
• Be willing to implement a comprehensive nutrient management plan for the duration of the AgVIP contract if they are selected for funding and a UDAF planner determines that it is applicable to their operation.
• Confirm that all fields included in this application are located within the State of Utah and are under the applicant's management control (can be owned or leased).

At this time, the follow agricultural systems are eligible for AgVIP:

• Alfalfa/corn/small grain rotations (or similar)
• Wheat/fallow rotations
• Annual fruit and vegetable crops (such as melons, squash, pumpkins, sweet corn, onions, etc)
• Hay, forage crops, and irrigated pastures

At this time the following systems are NOT eligible for AgVIP:

• Perennial specialty crops (such as fruit/nut orchards, berries, vineyards, etc)
• Crops in hoop houses
• Christmas trees
• Cut flowers
• Range ground

If you have a mix of eligible and ineligible systems within your operation you may still apply. However, only answer questions as they relate to your eligible production systems. When asked about number of acres, do not count any ineligible acres. If you have a question about which aspects of your production system are eligible, please reach out to a UDAF staff member.

UtahID & Submittable Information

• You will need to create a UtahID account before creating and using a Submittable account.   You must be signed into your UtahID account each time you use Submittable. If you have applied for a UDAF grant via Submittable, please use the UtahID account that you have already set up to log in to your Submittable account.
• You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit to these forms.
• You can save a draft of your work if you would like to finish filling out the form at a later date.
• If anything changes with the information you submitted, please request to edit the submission 
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• If you need additional support setting up your UtahID, visit the UtahID Help Desk or call 801- 538-3440.
   

Utah Open Records Law

If awarded: your application, project reports, and subsequent annual reporting may be subject to public disclosure.   The Government Records Access and Management Act (“GRAMA”), Utah Code Section 63G-2-101 et seq., is Utah’s open records law and the state equivalent of the federal Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). Through GRAMA, the public may request access to certain records maintained by Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

For more information on Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s procedures and policies for requests for state records, it may be helpful to review Utah Department of Agriculture & Food's Policy.
 

Technical Questions?

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