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The MACS Program provides cost-share grants to install conservation best management practices (BMPs) that reduce runoff, erosion, and nutrient pollution, protect waterways, improve soil health, and improve farm conditions. More than 40 BMPs are currently eligible for funding, including animal waste storage facilities, grassed waterways, spring developments, cover crops, stream protection practices (horse and livestock watering facilities, livestock exclusion fencing, stream crossings, riparian forest buffers), conservation cover, nutrient management services, assistance to transport excess poultry litter off the farm, and an expanded set of practices for small-scale equine and livestock operations with at least 1,000 pounds of live animal weight (pasture management, heavy use area protection, roof runoff structures, and interior pasture fencing). Cost-share rates cover up to 87.5% for most practices, up to 50% for interior pasture fencing, and up to 100% for tree-planting practices such as Riparian Forest Buffer, Windbreak Establishment, Hedgerow Planting, and Tree and Shrub Establishment. Silvopasture qualifies for up to 87.5% cost-share. A tree-planting bonus of $2 per new tree planted is available for qualifying tree-planting conservation practices. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) rental payments are also available for 10–15 year commitments to plant buffers. Manure transport grants of up to $28/ton may also be available. Federal and state cost-share funding can be combined. Single non-waste project maximum: $150,000 (no pooling) or $200,000 (with pooling). Animal waste storage/treatment maximum: $200,000 per project; $450,000 per person across all such projects. The broader Ecosystem Incentives Program also includes: (1) MDA's Conservation Buffer Incentive; (2) CREP bonus payments; (3) Cover Crop Plus grants; (4) Tax Incentives for Conservation Equipment — the Maryland Income Tax Subtraction Modification for Conservation Equipment allows eligible farmers to subtract 100% of the cost of qualifying conservation equipment (50% for vertical tillage equipment) from their Maryland income tax return; qualifying equipment includes no-till planters/drills, manure spreaders/injectors, GPS systems, optical sensing systems, vertical tillage equipment, deep no-till rippers, and installation costs; equipment must have a useful life of at least 4 years and must have been purchased within the last five years for certification eligibility; applicant must retain ownership of equipment for at least 3 years after the tax year in which the subtraction is taken; equipment purchase date thresholds vary by type (e.g., no-till planting equipment after 12/31/1985, liquid manure injection and poultry/livestock manure spreading equipment after 12/31/1989, certain other equipment after 12/31/2012); and (5) Low Interest Loans (LILAC) for agricultural conservation projects. Local soil conservation districts help farmers plan, apply for, and install qualifying practices, providing all technical services at no charge. The program supports Maryland's tree-planting goal to capture greenhouse gas emissions. Priority watersheds are identified for targeting funds, including Lower Susquehanna, Pocomoke, Nanticoke/Wicomico, Choptank, Chester River, Sassafras River, Reservoirs, Patapsco River, Patuxent, Washington Metro, Middle Potomac, and Upper Potomac watersheds.","funding":{"details":"Up to $28","maxAwardAmount":{"amount":"28.00","currency":"USD"}},"funders":{"primary":{"id":"5d1f771c-0c8e-51d6-a127-a863a49894d4","name":"Maryland Department of Agriculture","identifiers":{"otherIds":{"org:opengrants:funder":{"registry":{"code":"org:opengrants:funder","url":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/registries/org-opengrants-funder.json"},"id":"2b78e1a6-dc1b-41ef-ade6-8d2f6ddf16e4","allIds":[{"id":"2b78e1a6-dc1b-41ef-ade6-8d2f6ddf16e4","status":"active"},{"id":"b500a56a-e0f7-454b-8efc-3778af72e1ca","status":"active"},{"id":"b78c02eb-8c5f-479c-b674-95f3a8f1570c","status":"active"},{"id":"88cead67-7621-44a1-84c2-8dda44aabc9c","status":"active"},{"id":"c0068e36-66fb-473e-b976-bea205acba13","status":"active"}]},"org:us:md:agency":{"registry":{"code":"org:us:md:agency","url":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/registries/org-us-md-agency.json"},"id":"MDA"}}}}},"keyDates":{"otherDates":{"cycle":{"name":"Application cycle","eventType":"other","details":"Recurring"}}},"acceptedApplicantTypes":[{"value":"for_profit_small_business","description":"Business"},{"value":"for_profit_not_small_business","description":"Business"},{"value":"individual","description":"Individual"},{"value":"non_profit_with_501c3","description":"Nonprofit"},{"value":"nonprofit_without_501c3","description":"Nonprofit"},{"value":"government_state","description":"Public Agency"},{"value":"government_county","description":"Public Agency"},{"value":"government_municipal","description":"Public Agency"},{"value":"government_special_district","description":"Public Agency"}],"source":"https://mda.maryland.gov/conservation/grants-soil-water-conservation/maryland-agricultural-water-quality-cost-share-program-macs","customFields":{"contactInfo":{"name":"contactInfo","fieldType":"object","value":{"name":"Jason D. 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Eligible farms include those in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, coastal zone, and western regions. Conservation drainage practices are mainly used on the Eastern Shore. Must be operating a Maryland farm. Priority watersheds include Lower Susquehanna (Baltimore, Harford), Pocomoke (Somerset, Worcester, Wicomico), Nanticoke/Wicomico (Somerset, Wicomico, Caroline, Dorchester), Choptank (Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, Queen Anne's), Chester River (Talbot, Queen Anne's, Kent), Sassafras River ("},"description":"Who is eligible, in the funder's words","schema":"https://commongrants.org/custom-fields/eligibilityCriteria"},"additionalInfo":{"name":"additionalInfo","fieldType":"object","value":{"url":"https://mda.maryland.gov/","description":"Maryland Department of Agriculture grants page"},"description":"Where the agency publishes its programs","schema":"https://commongrants.org/custom-fields/additionalInfo"},"fundingInstrument":{"name":"fundingInstrument","fieldType":"string","value":"grant+loan","description":"grant, loan, grant+loan, tax credit, rebate, in-kind or 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