An Extended Deadline for FL NRCS Program

Randall Weiseman June 9, 2010 Florida, USDA-NRCS

Well producers now have a little more time to sign up for a popular Natural Resources Conservation Service program as George Johnson with the Florida NRCS says the deadline for the Conservation Stewardship Program has been extended to June 25, 2010.

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