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 ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Farmland Preservation in Alabama
State resource conservationist Bill Hughes with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama explains the Farmland Protection Program. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
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 ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag …
Florida Forest Stewardship Partnerships
A number of agencies and organizations have been teaming up to help Florida forest landowners about good stewardship, according to UF Forest Stewardship coordinator Chris Demers. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Be Flexible With Prescribed Burning Plans
Prescribed burning was one of the topics during Forestry field days held around the state in October sponsored by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
NRCS Program Outreach
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida is working to get word out to landowners about conservation programs in the new farm bill. Panhandle area Conservationist Jeff Norville talked to landowners about NRCS programs and services at a recent Forestry Stewardship field day in Okaloosa county. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
FL NRCS Partners Help Preserve Wetlands
The USDA’s Wetlands Reserve program recently hit a milestone with two million acres enrolled – and Florida has the nation’s third highest enrollment at over 160, 000 acres. Florida state conservationist Carlos Suarez says they have many partners to thank for this success. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag …
AL Stockpiling Bermuda Grass
Stockpiling forages for feeding this winter can be a good alternative for some, as Eddie Jolley with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama says that can even include bermuda grass. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
NRCS Chief on Conservation Funding
The Bush administration had asked for an increase of almost eight billion dollars for conservation programs in the 2008 Farm bill, but they only received a little over half of what they requested. However, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster says that increase will help put more conservation on the ground nationwide. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly …
WRP Hits Two Million
Landowners have now enrolled more than 2 million acres in U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wetlands Reserve Program, a significant contribution toward increasing the Nation’s wetlands, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster. New WRP enrollments in nine states, including Florida and Alabama, contributed to this conservation milestone. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …