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Texas SWCD hires a familiar face to assist local landowners
Texas’ Red River County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has an experienced set of boots on the ground thanks to an NACD technical assistance grant. In June 2018, Red River County SWCD hired Richard Donovan (pictured), a former Farm Service Agency (FSA) field and program technician with 35 years of experience in Red River… [...]
Continue ReadingTA grant helps get things moving in South Carolina
South Carolina’s Barnwell Soil and Water Conservation District (BSWCD) has been able to dig in to a backlog of Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) applications with the help of an NACD technical assistance grant. In 2018, when the district was awarded the grant, Bamberg and Barnwell counties had a backlog of more than 400 highly… [...]
Continue Reading2018 Farm Bill Breakdown: Conservation Reserve Program
Now that President Donald Trump has signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law, NACD’s Government Affairs Team will be releasing a series of blog posts to break down the bill in more detail with the expected changes folks can expect on the ground as USDA works to implement the new law. The Conservation Reserve Program… [...]
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