Since 1910, four generations of the Schiurring family have harvested rice on the 3S Ranch near El Campo in Colorado and Wharton counties, Texas. The family grows approximately 1,500 acres of long-grain rice annually.
Third-generation, J. Brent Schiurring was one...
SW Louisiana farm family continues and expands the conservation practices that previous generations started.
• By Amy Robertson Fuselier •
Located in Louisiana’s Acadia and Vermilion parishes is Simon Farms, a multi-generational family farm known far and wide for their dedication...
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...
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...
• 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...
Farmers know more than anyone the importance of good tools. To get the job done, you need the right tools, and if you don’t have them, the work will be harder, take longer and won’t yield the same results.
We...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service has added 11 new projects, including one that protects Louisiana shorebirds, to its efforts that help agricultural producers make wildlife-friendly improvements.
It is part of NRCS's Working Lands for Wildlife effort.
In Louisiana, the project will...
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