By Melissa Blair, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Zone 3 Public Affairs Specialist: Soil is such an important and integral part of our daily lives that most folks don’t even think about it. Often referred to as “dirt,” which is just displaced soil. Soil is critical for all forms of life. Soil is the basis of all ecosystems from the …
Southeast AgNet This Week: More on Avian Influenza
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes updates on how the avian influenza outbreaks are being handled. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
FL NRCS Reminds Farmers to Certify Conservation Compliance by June 1
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers to make sure they have filed a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification form in order to become or remain eligible for crop insurance premium support. Russell Morgan, state conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida, says this is highly important. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide …
Alabama Landowners Play Pivotal Role Aiding Gulf Recovery with USDA Assistance
In the five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, farmers, ranchers and forest managers in Alabama and other Gulf Coast states have partnered with USDA to voluntarily help Gulf of Mexico ecosystems recover. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
With USDA Assistance, Private Landowners Play Pivotal Role Aiding Gulf Recovery
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, April 20, 2015 – In the five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, America’s farmers, ranchers and forest managers have partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to voluntarily help Gulf of Mexico ecosystems recover. Their proven conservation efforts on private lands have helped clean and conserve water, restore habitat and …
Accepting ACEP Applications in Alabama
Steve Musser, assistant state conservationist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, wants landowners to know applications are being accepted now through May 15 for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
New Florida USDA Service Center Open in Jay
Jay, Florida is the new home for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Santa Rosa County, and District Conservationist Trent Mathews wants farmers to know they are open for business. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Southeast AgNet This Week: Avian Influenza News; Deadlines Tomorrow
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes details on bird flu outbreaks and two important deadlines occurring tomorrow. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Conserve Florida: This Earth Day, We Salute the Soil
From USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida: Eighty years ago, on April 14, 1935, an ominous wall of blowing sand and dust swept across the Great Plains. This day is known in history as Black Sunday. During the 1930s, the Dust Bowl days were a period during which huge dust storms ravaged the Midwest because of years of overplanting, …
Florida NRCS Office in Santa Rosa County Holding Open House
Santa Rosa County, Florida farmers are being reminded an Open House will be held next Tuesday, April 14 from 4:00-6:00pm at the new USDA Service Center in Jay. Natural Resources Conservation Service District Conservationist Trent Mathews invites folks to join them to see the new office. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …