NRCS Chief Encourages Producers to Participate in Conservation Programs

Randall Weiseman October 29, 2013 Alabama, Florida, General, USDA-NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service chief Jason Weller, encourages farmers and ranchers to come into their local USDA Service Center to discuss the conservation programs that are available.

NRCS has an upcoming batching date of November 15, 2013, for both the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP).

Related

PIECES OF THE PAST: Citrus Sprayer Innovation
By Brenda Eubanks Burnette In the early 1900s, there were a number of inventions made to help the growing citrus industry flourish. One of those inventions took place in Winter Haven at the Van Fleet Company in Florence Villa. The company manufactured the Van Fleet sprayer. An article in the May 1920 issue of The […]
Brazil’s Harvest+ Seeks Improved Citrus Harvesting
Brazil’s Fundecitrus, in partnership with the companies Agricef and Move Agro, has created the Harvest+ project that seeks to improve the country’s orange harvest. In addition to enhancing the manual harvesting process, the project is searching for mechanized and semi-mechanized solutions for citrus farming. Harvest+ is in response to demand from producers and companies that […]