AL NRCS Holding WRP Workshops

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama will be hosting at least two more workshops to inform landowners and Tribes about the Wetland Reserve Program, or WRP. To learn more about WRP or the upcoming workshops, click Here Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses …

FL Developing a Conservation Plan

If you have been considering developing a conservation plan, then Florida’s Natural Resources Conservation Service State Conservationist Carlos Suarez invites you to stop by your local NRCS office to learn how they can help your operation. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …

Communication Critical to Conservation

Communication is critical to conservation, according to USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service chief Arlen Lancaster. I spoke with Lancaster during the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual meeting in Kansas City. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant …

Easements Protect Ag Land

The Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program, under USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses. Bill Hughes with Alabama NRCS explains how the program creates conservation easements. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Ag Air Quality Task Force

The issue of air quality has become increasingly important as more people move out to rural areas and challenge the rights of farmers and ranchers to do their jobs because they object to the odors associated with agricultural production and that is the reason for the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force. Listen to report here: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …

FL Building on WRP Success

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida is looking forward to continuing its success with the Wetlands Reserve Program, according to State Conservationist Carlos Suarez. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted …

AL NRCS Taking EQIP Signups

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Sevice in Alabama is now taking applications for EQIP, as their Resources Conservationist John Curtis in Auburn said the batching period for 2009 money will be coming up in January. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune …

Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Renewed

The renewal of the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force will mean various experts in the fields of agriculture and air quality will be working together to look further into quality issues which have entered discussions across the U.S. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses …

Farmland Preservation in Alabama

State resource conservationist Bill Hughes with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama explains the Farmland Protection Program. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026

Preserving Wildlife

The White House recently held a conference on wildlife conservation, the first in 90 years. Natural Resources Conservation Service chief Arlen Lancaster says they worked on developing a ten year plan for hunting and wildlife resource conservation. Here is a series of stories about the effort. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune …