Opinion Editorial - Agriculture: Growing a Climate for Tomorrow
Damarys Mortenson is the State Conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana.
Damarys Mortenson is the State Conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana.
NWQI priority areas are in the Soldier Creek Watershed of Nemaha and Jackson Counties and Mud Creek watershed in Marion County.
This NFO is being released prior to appropriation and/or apportionment of funds for current fiscal year Enactment of additional continuing resolutions or an appropriations act may affect the availability or level of funding for this program.
What does someone do who buys out a dairy farm wanting nothing to do with cattle, but rather to return the land to the thriving tall grass prairie it once was? She gets help from NRCS and other partners leading her back to cows to reach her goal.
On March 13, 2024, NRCS announced it will invest about $138 million of financial assistance from the Inflation Reduction Act in 138 new climate-smart conservation easements, through which farmers and ranchers are conserving wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands.
NRCS encourages Rhode Island farmers, forest landowners, oyster growers and urban growers to participate in our voluntary conservation programs to adopt climate-smart conservation practices.
Now is the time for landowners to start working with their local biologist to prepare for FY25 Northern Bobwhite funding opportunities.
The State Technical Committee (STC) meeting is virtually at 10 a.m. CDT on Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Iowa NRCS is announcing a funding opportunity for agreements that address Iowa-specific conservation issues. The proposal deadline is May 7, 2024.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is opening a special disaster sign-up for $6 million in additional funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for producers in the Texas panhandle who have been impacted by recent wildfires.