Florida Farmers Have Until February 21 to Signup for Special Initiatives

Randall Weiseman February 18, 2014 Field Crops, Florida, USDA-NRCS

Florida farmers and ranchers have until this Friday, February 21, to apply for special conservation initiatives through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. One of those initiatives is the Gulf of Mexico Initiative, as Santa Rosa County farmer Mickey Diamond explains just some of the practices it covers.

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