10/01/2026
📢📢📢 Emergency Drought Program Has Been Extended 📢📢📢
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The Deer Creek Conservation District will be taking applications for the Emergency Drought Cost Share program from 8:30 am on October 5, 2026, through October 30, 2026.
This is an extension of the current emergency program, so if a producer was fully funded during the March application period or later as an alternate when funding became available, they are not eligible to re-apply.
Approved alternate applications that have not been fully funded will expire at midnight on October 4, 2026, and those producers must re-apply for the new funding.
The program provides cost share assistance (80% cost share rate with a $7,500 maximum payment) on water wells, pumping plants, pipelines, pasture taps, heavy use area protection, pond cleanouts, and watering facilities.
This program is retroactive to July 15, 2026, so if you have installed an approved practice since that date, you may qualify for financial assistance.
The new program deadlines are December 31, 2026, for pond cleanouts and July 1, 2027, for all other practices.
This program is a first come, first served funding process. Applications are not considered complete without GPS coordinates of the desired installation location, a W-9, and a landowner consent form or other legally binding document if you are NOT the landowner. Approval and funding are contingent on a field visit and visual inspection to determine need.
Applications are available from the district’s office at 300 South Broadway, Weatherford, OK 73096 or you can download one from the Oklahoma Conservation Commission’s website. You can also request to have a application sent to you by email:
580-772-7670
[email protected]
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Please go to this website below and review the guidelines/rules VERY CAREFULLY. If your application does not have everything included, it will NOT be accepted. (like a lease agreement if you are the renter).
Also pay close attention to the verbage of what constitutes a farm. If you are a landowner, but lease the land to someone else, you are not eligible to apply, the lessee has to apply.
Emergency Drought Assistance Program The Emergency Drought Assistance Program will run from March 9, 2026 - June 30, 2026Press ReleaseProgram GuidelinesApplicationIn-Kind ContributionSelf-CertificationW-9 FormDrought Monitor Map