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Commodity
Classic 2006
NRCS staff from Fort Collins, Colorado; National Headquarters; and the
Riverside, California area office recently participated at the 2006 Commodity
Classic in Anaheim, California.
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Grassland
Reserve Program Final Rule Published in Federal Register
The Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) is a voluntary program offering landowners
the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property.
Section 2401 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L.
107-171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize this program. The
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency and Forest Service
are coordinating implementation of GRP, which helps landowners restore and
protect grassland, rangeland, pastureland, shrubland and certain other lands and
provides assistance for rehabilitating grasslands. The program will conserve
vulnerable grasslands from conversion to cropland or other uses and conserve
valuable grasslands by helping maintain viable ranching operations.
Find out more...
Grassland Reserve Program
March
is Women's History Month
The 2006 theme, Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams, honors the spirit
of possibility and hopes set in motion by generations of women in their creation
of communities and their encouragement of dreams.
Change
Needed in Applying Fertilizer to Perennial Grassland
In a January-February 2006, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
article,
Incorporating Granular Inorganic Fertilizer into Perennial Grassland Soils to
Improve Water Quality, D.H. Pote and other researchers recommend
incorporating fertilizer into the soil versus the common practice of applying
fertilizer on the surface of grass and rangeland.
Thistle Management on Lodgepole Creek
Compelled by State laws requiring landowners to control noxious weeds, farmers
and ranchers in Deuel County, Nebraska, recognized the need for innovative
strategies to manage the Canada thistle that prevailed along Lodgepole Creek.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its
programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age,
disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental
status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs,
reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any
public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of
program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil
Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call
(800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
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