NRCS Urges Early Filing of EQIP and WHIP
Applications
NRCS New Mexico is urging Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) applicants to file their
2009 applications early. Applications are now being accepted by
the local NRCS field offices. For questions and more information
contact your nearest NRCS field office.
CIG Rules Being Established
At this time new rules are being established for Conservation Innovation
Grants (CIG). CIG is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the
development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and
technologies. It is designed to leverage federal investment in
environmental enhancement and protection in conjunction with
agricultural production.
NM
NRCS Program to Protect Expiring CRP Areas
Pressures such as higher commodity prices are being placed on
producers to take Conservation Program (CRP) fields out of grass and put
back into production. The New Mexico NRCS is taking an innovative
approach to stem the flow of CRP fields going back into crop production,
which at the same time helping ranchers by using Farm Bill programs not
normally associated with CRP.
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What's
Good for the Prairie Chicken is Good for Cattle
The grasslands that the Lesser Prairie Chicken needs, also responds
to Causey rancher Jim Weaver's goal of developing wildlife habitat while
operating an economically viable ranch. Cattle thrive in the wide
open spaces that meet the Lesser Prairie Chicken's requirements. For
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Fuel,
Fertilizer Prices Drive New Technology for Portales Farmer
To plow or not to plow, that is the question for farmers like Rick
Ledbetter of Portales. The answers all stack up on the side of
conservation tillage for Ledbetter, however - resulting in production
costs savings and soil improvements at the same time.
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Lava
SWCD Farmer Tackles Russian Knapweed
One of the passions of New Mexico's soil and water conservation
districts is the control of noxious weeds. And, control of Russian
Knapweed is a particular passion for Alfred Saavedra of the Lava Soil &
Water Conservation District.
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Mimbres
River Farmers Benefit from Natural Combination
Farmers in the Mimbres River area are benefitting from a revetment
fence that slows floodwater, thanks to the initiative and desire of
staff from the New Mexico Environment Department and NRCS Silver City
field office to make cooperative conservation happen.
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Putting
it Together as RC&D Can
Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Councils are known for
their ability to pull together divergent entities or resources when the
tasks at hand require the involvement of a number of organizations or
facets. The Sureste RC&D proved this out in July when they
spearheaded an outreach initiative to gain greater participation in USDA
programs from minority landowners and limited resource and beginning
farmers and ranchers.
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FSA,
NRCS Team Up to Help Restore Gilles Farm Cropland
A couple of years ago when a levee broke, depositing yards of
sediment on a field at Gilles Farms near Arrey, New Mexico, the teamwork
of NRCS and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) came into play. NRCS
offered the support of its technical assistance program, and FSA
utilized the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to answer the needs of
this vegetable and crop producer.
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