Healthy Soil for the Farm’s Future
Laurie Fortuna, 4th generation landowner, and her husband Larry make soil health their main mission on their 500-acre dairy farm.
Laurie Fortuna, 4th generation landowner, and her husband Larry make soil health their main mission on their 500-acre dairy farm.
Experimenting with on-field solutions to reduce cost of input for producers, Jody Wilhelm’s efforts on her Chippewa County farm have naturally supported existing conservation practices. Thanks to EQIP, Jody has been able to seed cover crops for ongoing evaluation and analysis.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $8 million in four partnerships to support and expand measurement and monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural lands and to assess how climate-smart practices are affecting carbon sequestration.
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the availability of $500 million in funding to advance partner-driven solutions to conservation on agricultural land through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
The Preserving Upriver Farms to Reduce Flooding in N.C. proposal is a phased project that aims to reduce the negative impacts of soil erosion and runoff in the river basins in the Piedmont and Sandhills.
R. Phou Vongkhamdy, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist in Rhode Island, announces up to $170,000 in funding available for eligible individuals, local and state governments, non-governmental organizations and tribes through Conservation Innovations Grants (CIG).
Iowa NRCS is announcing a new Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) signup with a June 15 application cutoff.
NRCS) is excited to be co-hosting a soil health exhibit with our partners – the Eastern, Northern & Southern Conservation Districts of Rhode Island – at the Exploration Zone at Fort Adams State Park from May 13-21 as part of the Newport Stopover of The Ocean Race.
USDA NRCS in Florida will invest up to $1,000,000 for Conservation Innovation Grants for urban agriculture, water conservation, carbon sequestration, and soil health.
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is a competitive program that supports the development of new tools, approaches, practices, and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands.