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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing several new and expanded opportunities for climate-smart agriculture in 2022.
“Students can learn about soils at school, and then see what they’ve learned up-close and personal.” says Anne Lewis, Special Projects Director, with the SDDC.
After more than 20 years in IT, owner Manish Chand found himself tired of the daily grind and thinking about the fond memories he had back on his grandparent’s farm in India. It was then that he realized he was missing something in his life.
“Reducing stand density and potential wildfire intensity in southwestern Meade County is important due to increased urban sprawl in the area," says Valerie Riter, District Conservationist in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Hear from three producers across Big Horn County and the Crow Reservation that are using different methods to control the invasive warm season grass, ventenata.
Crested wheatgrass, a cool season perennial, dominates acres of rangeland across northern Stillwater County, Montana.
Private landowners along Spring Creek have partnered with the NRCS to develop a Targeted Implementation Plan through Montana Focused Conservation.
Tucked within the Sourland Mountain region, Charlize and her wife, Bru, have a diverse operation, including a thriving maple syrup business, a pine lumber mill, and the recent addition of the rare heritage breed of Barbados Black Belly Sheep.
If the citizens of Mechanicsville, Iowa, didn’t know anything about the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) prior to 2016, they do now.
Focus on the biology of the soil – instead of the chemistry of farming – and find the most efficient equipment for seeding cover crops. That’s advice Jasper County farmer Will Cannon gives to Iowa corn and soybean producers struggling to establish cover crops on their farms.
