NRCS Announces Second Farm Bill Ranking Period

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offers voluntary conservation program opportunities through the Farm Bill. Applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (CBWI), Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), and Agriculture Management Assistance Program (AMA) are accepted at any time. The next ranking cut-off is January 18, 2013. Applications will be evaluated and ranked following this date based on funding.

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Cover crop workshops promote soil health

Two cover crop workshops, sponsored by the Eastern Panhandle Conservation District and the Potomac Valley Conservation District, were held on farms in Jefferson and Hardy Counties in October 2012.  Two acre demonstration plantings were done on each farm in cooperation with Conservation Partnering agencies of the West Virginia Conservation Agency, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the WVU Cooperative Extension Service.

Improving soil quality through the use of cover crops is a priority of the West Virginia NRCS Plant Materials Committee and the USDA NRCS Plant Materials Program.

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West Virginia State Technical Committee Meeting

The public is invited to attend a meeting of the West Virginia State Technical Committee for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in room 200 at 1550 Earl Core Road in Morgantown, WV. Topics include Farm Bill Programs.

Persons with disabilities who require special accommodations and/or alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) associated with this meeting should contact Charlotte Elliot-Friend at 304-284-4247 at least two weeks prior to the meeting with his/her specific request.

2nd Round Farmland Protection Sign-ups Announced

Acting State Conservationist Louis E. Aspey, II, of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced today entities interested in being considered under the second sign-up period for funding under the fiscal year 2013 Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) should submit their applications by January 22, 2012 to NRCS state office in Morgantown, WV.

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