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To help farmers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands repair damage and rebuild following hurricanes Irma and María, NRCS initiated an Emergency EQIP signup for farmers to implement key conservation practices including dead livestock disposal, obstruction removal and replacement roofs & covers.
To help farmers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands repair damage and rebuild following hurricanes Irma and María, NRCS initiated an Emergency EQIP signup for farmers to implement key conservation practices including dead livestock disposal, obstruction removal and replacement roofs & covers.
Wayne Trace Farms has been a lifelong dream for Traci and Jamie Bultemeier. Their dreams became a reality in 2012 when they purchased 100 acres of farmland in Adams County, but it didn’t come without its challenges.
A small Clarke County apple orchard is prospering after soils information provided by USDA and expert advice from The Apple Grower helped beginning orchardists start off on the right track.
Location: Jackson County
Early one morning, in the summer of 2018, Bill Rose was walking through a forested area of his family’s farm in Phillipston, Mass. The area had been clear cut as part of a forest conservation project.
Indiana NRCS is helping bring back the Interior Least Terns
For nearly 50 years Virginia Reynolds and her late husband Larry worked together to manage their farms to conserve soil and protect water quality. After Larry passed away in 2013, she wrote soil and water conservation practice requirements into the leases for her Clarke County cropland.
The decline of natural oyster communities in Rhode Island waters isn’t just bad news for shellfish lovers. Oysters fill an ecological niche and filter the water, keeping it clean.
Soil conservationists with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are encouraging Iowa farmers to keep heavy machinery out of wet fields as much and for as long as possible this fall after prolonged above average rainfall wreaked havoc on harvest conditions.
