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Our District Conservationist, Pat Larr, retired December 3, 2009, after 35 years of service. We wish Pat good luck in her future endeavors, and we will be maintaining the articles she wrote here. Contained in them are answers to questions Pat received repeatedly on conservation and natural resources topics. We hope they provide you with a better understanding of our natural resources and what can be done to conserve them.
Pat's Archive |
What assistance is available to landowners that want to conserve our soil?
Rather than reinvent the wheel as they say, I'd like to point you to information available on the internet (some here on our site), that explains the assistance programs that are available to landowners. I've also included links to other useful soils and soil conservation information.
One last word...
Agriculture today is is far different than it was in our grandparents, or even parents, time. The 1985 farm bill, for the first time in the history of U.S. agricultural policy, linked eligibility for Federal farm program benefits to land stewardship. The compliance policies in that Act required that farmers practice a measure of soil conservation and wetlands protection in return for commodity price supports, farm loans, crop insurance, and other farm program benefits. Coupled with the cost-sharing programs, these policies have produced significant conservation gains over the past decade.
The next increment in land stewardship will occur when rural and urban dwellers realize that, as neighbors, they must share in the responsibility of taking care of the land. That action - neighbors working together - is the most promising foundation for effective land stewardship.
