The County Agricultural Incentives Program, or CAIP, helps farmers share the cost of eligible improvements to their operations. Shelby County's next CAIP application window opens Monday, November 16, and runs through December 16, according to the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension's local notice. Applications will not be accepted after 4:15 p.m. on the closing day.
Two meetings at the Shelby County Extension Office will help producers prepare. The first is Monday, November 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. A second is scheduled for Thursday, December 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. Both times are Eastern.
The first hour will cover program information, followed by an educational component to satisfy the program's education requirement, the notice says. The Extension Office is at 1117 Frankfort Road in Shelbyville.
For application information, the notice directs producers to CAIP administrator Evelyn White at 502-321-8757 or shelby.CAIP@gmail.com. Her listed office hours are Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the office telephone is 502-633-4593.