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South Dakota Publications and Fact Sheets

NRCS South Dakota
Farm Bill Programs
Agronomy
Biology
Engineering
Forestry
Rangeland
Soils and Soil Health
Urban

NRCS South Dakota
    2025 South Dakota Grassland Planner
    Agricultural Energy Management Plan
    Becoming a Technical Service Provider
    Conservation Collaboration Cooperative Agreement
    Conservation Implementation Strategy Vision
    Disaster Assistance at a Glance
    Federal Women’s Program
    Limited Resource Farmer or Rancher 
    National Resource Inventory 
    NRCS South Dakota State Technical Committee
    South Dakota Resource Concerns

Farm Bill Programs

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
    Agricultural Land Easements (ALE)
    Wetland Reserve Easement (WRE)

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
    Common Enhancement Activity for the Conservation Stewardship Program
    Common Enhancement Activities for Conservation Stewardship Program

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
    Applying for Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
    Agricultural Energy Management Plan (AgEMT)
    EQIP Contracts
    EQIP Common Practices for CNMP
    EQIP Common Practices for Cropland
    EQIP Common Practices for Grazing
    EQIP Forestry Practices
    Organic Initiative through EQIP
    Prairie Pothole, Water Quality and Wildlife Program

Additional Programs
    Conservation Collaboration Cooperation Agreement
    National Water Quality Initiative
    Regional Conservation Partnership Program
    Working Land for Wildlife

Agronomy
    Cover Crop Economics
    Cover Crop Prevent Planting
    Cover Crop Tables
    Cropping Sequence
    Small Scale Farm Cover Crops
    Value of Grazing Cropland
    Vegetative Treatment Systems

Biology
    Alternative Uses of Restored Wetlands 
    Common Wildlife Practices
    Dakota Skipper
    Greater Sage-Grouse
    Habitat Assessment Guide for Pollinators in Yards, Gardens and Parks
    Honey Bee
    Long-billed Curlew
    Monarch Butterfly
    Pollinators
    Poweshiek Skipperling
    Shrub Clump Wildlife Planting
    Spragues Pipit

Engineering
    Agricultural Drainage Decision Tool
    Ag Waste Management
    Animal Mortality Facility
    Holding Pond Water Management
    Pre-Construction Checklist
    Pre-design Checklist
    Solid Settling Basin Design and Maintenance

Forestry
    Forest Management
    Forest Stand Improvement

Rangeland
    Bale Grazing
    Bale Grazing Q&A
    Bedded Pack Barn
    Calibrating Manure Spreader Application Rates
    Calving on Grass
    Calving on Grass Q&A
    Deep Pit Barns
    Eastern Red Cedar
    Eastern Red Cedar Q&A
    Grazing Land Photo Monitoring
    Prescribed Burn Control of Red Cedar
    Rangeland Aggregate Stability
    Rangeland Infiltration
    Rangeland Soil Health
    Rangeland Soil Health Organic Matter
    Rangeland Soil Health Biota
    Sampling Manure for Nutrient Management
    Sampling Soil for Nutrient Management
    Remember the R’s for Resilient Ranches
    Using Manure Analysis Results
    Value of Grazing Cropland
    Vegetative Treatment Systems
    Virtual Fence

Soils and Soil Health
    NRCS Healthy Soils at Home
    USDA Focus on Soil Health
    Value of Soil Health

Urban
    Tunnel Systems
    Urban Agriculture