Dakota Farm Talk - Transitioning to Organic Farming

NRCS State Agronomist Marcia Deneke shares assistance for farmers transitioning to organic farming.

USDA Announces Grants and Technical Assistance Funding for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

USDA is making available up to $2.5 million for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production grants with an application deadline of March 10. NRCS is also providing $11.9 million in technical assistance funding through an interagency agreement with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Dakota Farm Talk – Prescribed Fire as a Management Tool

Prescribed Burn a Management Tool

South Dakota NRCS Employee Awarded Mentor of the Year

Valeree DeVine, Upper James Regional Unit Conservationist

Cooperative Conservation Award Goes to Geppert

Winners of the Cooperative Conservation Award are selected by NRCS employees.

Dakota Farm Talk- Excellence in Cooperative Conservation Award to Pam Geppert

Pam Geppert (Dakota Farm Talk Radio) Awarded Excellence in Cooperative Conservation

Our Amazing Grasslands – December 2024 – Jim Faulstich, Hyde County

Deer in pastures during winter snow.

Dakota Farm Talk – Laura Bosworth on NRCS Assistance with Windbreaks

Trees may provide noise and visual screening while improving air quality, sequestering carbon, providing habitat for wildlife, and keeping snow off roads.

USDA Announces Strategy to Uphold its Federal Trust Responsibilities to Increase Support for Conservation on Tribal Lands

NRCS has released a new Tribal Relations Strategy, demonstrating the agency’s commitment to honoring its federal trust relationship with the 574 federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native Villages that have sovereign interest in more than 119 million acres of land across the United States.

NRCS State Technical Committee will meet December 17 Virtually

South Dakota State Conservationist Tony Sunseri leading discussion during a State Technical Committee meeting.