A New Aid in Navigating USDA Grant Applications

Taranis launched a new program to help farmers apply for conservation practice funding.

- By Cassidy Walter

Crop intelligence company Taranis likens its new program to working with an accountant on your taxes. “You could do taxes yourself, just like you could apply for this yourself,” said Sarah Rang, director of marketing at Taranis. “But you may not get the maximum benefit that’s available to you when you're not working with experts. So we brought in the experts.”

Taranis launched Taranis Conservation to help farmers apply for grants through the USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).

Taranis’ business primarily centers on Taranis Intelligence, which utilizes drone scouting and artificial intelligence to identify and generate solutions for problems in the field. The company saw how its technology lent itself to identifying conservation practices that would benefit the farm.