Plant Materials and the Farm Bill

Randall Weiseman June 29, 2007 Florida, General, Nursery Crops, USDA-NRCS

Plant materials are an important part of the conservation provisions recommended by the administration for the 2007 Farm Bill, according to Florida State Conservationist and chairman of the national plant materials advisory committee Niles Glasgow.

Find out more about the NRCS Plant Materials Program.

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