AZDA Launches New Innovation Pilot Program
The Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) recently launched the Agriculture, Soil Health, and Water Efficiency Innovation Pilot Program, which will provide a source of funding for farmers and agricultural producers to collect data and implement water-focused soil health innovations in agriculture. The AZDA hopes this program will help bring novel technologies to Arizona that improve soil health and increase water efficiency in agriculture.
Applications to participate in the pilot program must be received by November 25, 2025. Eligible parties include agricultural landowners, beneficial owners of trust land, and lessees of agricultural land who have actively farmed the land or committed to intentional water conservation in three of the five calendar years immediately preceding the date of the application. Irrigation districts and state, federal, private, and Tribal entities may also be eligible. Funding awards will be announced in late 2025, and projects will begin as early as January 1, 2026.