USDA-NRCS funding is helping with the drought relief effort. Report (1:00 wma)
NRCS Programs Offer Growers Help to Establish Windbreaks
Teresa Stewart is the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) coordinator for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida.  Exhibiting at Citrus Expo recently, Teresa says NRCS encourages growers to sign up for funding help to establish windbreaks in groves, to help stem spread of citrus canker.  Report (2:00 wma)
NRCS Provides Cover Crop Advice
Alabama county offices of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service can help farmers with cover crops. Â Report (:57 wma)
AL Warm Season Grasses are Good for Forage
Cattle producers across Alabama are encouraged to look at warm season grasses for forage. Â Report (1:05 wma)
Cover Crops Key To Conservation
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama wants farmers to know the value of cover crops. Report (1:00 wma)
Switching to Native Grasses
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama says native warm season grasses offer good insurance against drought and autumn forage shortages but they also are excellent for wildlife. Report (:55 wma)
AL Getting Into Conservation Tillage
Alabama is a leader in conservation tillage but nearly half of the farms in the state still could switch. Report (:55 wma)
AL BMP’s Helping Water Quality
Best Management Practices help keep Alabama’s lakes & streams viable for habitat.  Report (1:00 wma)
NRCS Programs Help Row Crop Farmers
A Suwannee county row crop farm is a good example of how USDA-NRCS programs help farmers. Â Report (1:00 wma)
USDA Taking Comments on FRLPP
USDA has released an amended interim final rule for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program with a request for public comment by September 25. Report (1:00 wma)