Colorado’s Soil Health Resource Guide
By the year 2050, only thirty harvest and livestock seasons away, our soil will be the foundation of a doubled world population.Innovative strides towards this goal have been astonishing, yet…
Read More...New technology helps ranchers maximize grass production
The plants that feed livestock in the American West are the foundation of profitable agriculture there. But ranchers haven’t had a good way to measure how their grass is faring…
Read More...New form required for some NRCS customers
If you are a producer or landowner who participates in USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) conservation programs, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) may be reaching out by mail with information about a form…
Read More...New publication that synthesizes scientific knowledge on annual rangeland
Decades of research-based knowledge about the history, physical characteristics and vegetation in California annual grassland, oak-woodland and chaparral ecosystems has been consolidated in a new nine-part PDF document.
Read More...Soil health “How to” video series: How to benefit from more diversity
Soil Health: How To… is a video series from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and farmers.gov that features producers overcoming big obstacles in the Southwest through better soil health. In this week’s…
Read More...American Farmland Trust (AFT) releases guide to support farm conservation practice projects
[The guide features] tools and methods for use by managers of projects funded by the USDA, EPA, states, and the private sector who are supporting conservation practice adoption on millions…
Read More...A closer look at EQIP — one of NRCS’s most popular conservation programs
From coast to coast, farmers and ranchers have found the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to be a great place to find cost share funds to implement…
Read More...New guide to help with succession planning
What does the future hold for your farm or ranch operation? And how do you plan to make sure what you build today is around tomorrow? Montana State University has…
Read More...Drones, mites, electromagnetic energy — Wyoming’s war on invasives
Like many states in the West, Wyoming is experiencing a troubling trend: invasive annual grasses are invading healthy sagebrush range. To help pinpoint these infestations before they become too large to…
Read More...WLA leads seven-state coalition that wins USDA award to study conflict reduction techniques
For grizzly bears to survive, farmers and ranchers need nonlethal tools that can reduce conflict before lethal means are required. But financing and educating people about those tools is the…
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