Natural Resources Conservation Service

Plant Materials Program

United States Department of Agriculture

2016 Plant Materials Publications Highlights

What do irrigation pivot corners, native milkweeds and trees have in common?

Graphic image of 2016 Plant Materials Program publications highlights banner.

Climate-Smart Practices Keep the Land Covered

There are many ways that farmers can use plant cover to mitigate & adapt to climate change. To learn climate-smart practices, farmers can turn to resources like USDA’s Lockeford Plant Materials Center (CAPMC), Lockeford, CA, which is one of 25 PMCs nationwide.

Jessa Kay Cruz of the Xerces Society (with net) examines wild bees along with participants at the Lockeford Plant Materials Center's Open House in April 2015.

Addressing Critical Areas With Molokai Land Trust

The Ho'olehua Plant Materials Center in Hoolehua, Hawaii is working with Molokai Land Trust to develop a technique to establish natives using only natural rainfall in critical areas with about 20” annual rainfall and have windswept soils that are denuded of all vegetation.

Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific NorthWest

The Corvallis Plant Materials Center (PMC) announces a new publication available to seed producers (and seed enthusiasts) called the Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest.