The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Texas has set the first funding application deadline of April 3 for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. If additional financial assistance funds are still available, a second funding application deadline will be scheduled...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Louisiana announced the 1st signup period for applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Regional Conservation Partnership Program in fiscal year 2020 ends on March 6.
Financial assistance through these programs is available...
The California Rice Commission and its project partners have received a $1.5 million Conservation Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The project is in in partnership with NRCS, Ducks Unlimited, the California Ricelands Waterbird...
Rominger Brothers Farms of Winters, California, received the 2019 California Leopold Conservation Award during a ceremony at the California Farm Bureau's recent annual meeting in Monterey.
Sand County Foundation created the Leopold award to inspire American landowners by recognizing exceptional...
Mix rice farmers, stewardship practices and partnership programs for a successful conservation gumbo.
• By Amy Robertson Fuselier •
What makes the best gumbo? Some say the Cajun trinity of ingredients —onions, bell pepper and celery. Many argue the roux is...
Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture recently honored recipients of the 2019 Sustainability Leadership Awards on the eve of the fifth annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit.
The awards are given to farmers, organizations and individuals who have demonstrated outstanding...
• By Bob Johnson •
A team of researchers is waiting to learn how many of the small chinook salmon that were raised on the healthiest of food in Mike Dewit's rice field in the Yolo Bypass, fitted with microtransmitters,...
• By Emily Woodall •
Three Conservation Stewardship Program sign-ups are now open to rice producers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. The deadline to apply for all three projects is June 28. Eligible counties and parishes are listed...
Bruce and Rick Rominger, partners in Rominger Farms of Winters, California, were honored recently by the National Association of Conservation Districts for their conservation practices as producers.
The brothers, who have a diverse operation that includes rice, received the Hugh...
Louisiana brothers embrace the 4R’s to nurture soil and improve production
• By Vicky Boyd
Editor •
Even before the term “sustainable” was popular, the Durands had adopted production practices that conserved and enhanced the natural resources on their rice and crawfish...
After more than two years of work, discussing and debating policies and ironing out the kinks, the 2018 Farm Bill has finally been passed and signed into law, and it’s due largely in part to the perseverance and hard...
Louisiana festival mixes rice farming’s conservation story with birding
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
As they prepared to head out to a South Louisiana ratoon rice field, Kris and Eddie Farrey from The Villages, Florida, were anxious to cross two things off their...
Lundberg Family Farms of Richvale, California, was selected as the recipient of the 2018 California Leopold Conservation Award.
It is presented annually by the Sand County Foundation, Sustainable Conservation and the California Farm Bureau Federation.
Named in honor of renowned conservationist...
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 2348, also known as the "California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program."
Carried by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), the legislation authorizes the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to contract with private landowners...
Two California operations that grow rice are among the three farms in the running for the California Leopold Conservation Award.
The honor, which recognize private landowner achievement in voluntary stewardship and management of natural resources, will be presented at the...
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