USDA Seeks Public Comment on New Environmental Quality Incentives Program Rule

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From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2014 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture is publishing a rule that outlines how it will improve the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), one of USDA’s largest conservation programs. The interim final rule includes program changes authorized by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill. USDA has established a 60-day comment period for …

AL NRCS Updates Work Through EWP

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State Conservation Engineer for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, Diane Guthrie, has an update concerning work that has taken place across Alabama through the Emergency Watershed Protection program this year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Florida NRCS Archaeologist Works with Indian Tribes

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We told you last week that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida had an archaeologist on staff. And Dr. Shannon Dunn talks about some of her work with Indian Tribes in efforts to help them identify cultural sites. 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: Dairy Program Deadline; Tobacco Certificates

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Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes information on a dairy program deadline extension and tobacco certificate redemption. 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

Waters of the U.S. Proposal gets More Attention on Capitol Hill

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The EPA’s “Waters of the U.S.” proposal and its associated interpretive rules and guidance is still getting lots of attention on Capitol Hill. Gary Crawford has the story. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Ag in Review for the Week Ending December 5, 2014

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In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, USDA has once again extended the deadline for the Dairy Margin Protection Program, US Tobacco Cooperative is issuing a call for redemption of certificates, and we look at changing fruit trends. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, …

Florida NRCS Staff Includes an Archaeologist

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Dr. Shannon Dunn is the cultural resources specialist/archaeologist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida. She explains why it’s important to have an archaeologist on staff and how they can help landowners across the state. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Alabama NRCS Reminds Producers about CSP

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The Conservation Stewardship Program is something that Steve Musser, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, reminds producers about and how it can work for them. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Protecting Pollinators

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Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Regional Conservationist for the Southeast, James Tillman, says NRCS is working to help protect those pollinators. Cindy Zimmerman has the story. Download Audio To learn more click here. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly …

Promoting Soil Health

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A big push has been underway for some time now concerning soil health. Tom Christensen, associate chief for operations with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, says it’s really a major effort. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024