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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing a funding opportunity for agreements that address Iowa-specific conservation issues. The proposal deadline is April 4, 2022.
NRCS is accepting applications for Conservation Incentive Contracts – a new program that provides conservation practice payments upon practice certification.
USDA is encouraging local sponsors to submit project requests for funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Iowa eligible entities and landowners interested in preserving the future use of their farms may have that opportunity by enrolling their land into a permanent easement through USDA’s Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) - Agricultural Land Easements (ALE).
Chris Teachout – an innovative Fremont County farmer and the 2017 Iowa Conservation Farmer of the Year – is continuing his conservation efforts in hopes of inspiring and encouraging farmers and the next generation of producers to focus on improving soil health.
Delaware County farmer Kevin Glanz is challenging research studies and that planting a cereal rye cover crop ahead of corn hurts yields. Over the past decade, Glanz has developed a nutrient management system that allows him to successfully use cereal rye ahead of both corn and soybeans.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) named Eells the Iowa Conservation Woman of the Year thanks to nominations from the Women, Food, and Agriculture Network (WFAN) and Iowa State University.
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.
A collaborative effort between rural Winnebago County landowners, local, state, and federal government agencies, and non-profit conservation groups have helped restore nearly 1,000 contiguous acres of prairie and wetlands to form a wetland complex.
