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California
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San Diego Nurseries, Clean Water Compliance, and NRCS
When the Regional Water Quality Control
Board changed its Clean Water Act regulatory paradigm from giving agricultural
waivers to holding nurseries accountable for their runoff, San Diego County
Agriculture Department inspectors found themselves inundated with producers in
need of help to bring them into compliance. Naturally, NRCS helped fill this
niche.
Iowa
Rotational
Grazing Pays for Bedford Producer
Rotational grazing is paying off for Taylor County farmer Paul Ackley of Bedford
who says he can raise the same number of cattle on one-third less land thanks to
rotational grazing. NRCS helped design and fund fences, cattle watering
tanks, and lines in 2006 so Ackley can now move his 100-head of cattle among 15
paddocks so they always have fresh grass.
Washington
EQIP
Helps Organic Grower
Ten years ago, Adolfo Alvarez purchased his first
80-acre orchard. Almost immediately he began the process of becoming an
organic grower. Through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP), Mr. Alvarez also improved his water management efficiencies by
converting to sprinkler irrigation.
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