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Mar.
23, 2010 -
Do you live in Minnesota, wisconsin, or illinois and
grow
sweet corn?
We are offering a risk-free
opportunity for sweet corn growers
to experiment
with reduced nitrogen rates in Upper Mississippi River Basin.
For more information on this unique opportunity to enroll sweet corn growers
in the BMP CHALLENGE, please see the program announcement.
Feb.
23, 2010 - 2010
APPLICATION FORMS NOW AVAILABLE
To enroll your fields in the 2010 BMP CHALLENGE Guarantee,
please download and send in your
application today!
Sept.
24, 2009 - USDA-NRCS
ANNOUNCES $320 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR
CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN
Please click here
for further information on Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack's announcement.
July
28, 2008 - Links-
Visit the Water Quality Trading Links page here to find websites
with information on Water Quality Credit Trading:
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/wqtrading/wq-tradinglinks.pdf
June
20, 2008 - USDA-NRCS
PROVIDES $5 MILLION IN CONSERVATION INNOVATION
GRANTS TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY
WATERSHED
American Farmland Trust (AFT) was awarded $650,000 to pursue
innovative solutions to enhance water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Project states will include the following states: Maryland,
Pennsylvania,
and Virginia.
For more information, see link below:
AFT CIG Announcement Release
August
31, 2007 - Links - Visit the EPA Water Quality Trading Toolkit
here.
May
7, 2007 - Links - Visit the EPA Nonpoint Source Outreach
Toolbox here.
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