USDA Extends CSP Sign-up Two Weeks

NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster announced that producers in 51 eligible watersheds nationwide, including the Middle Iowa, will have two more weeks to apply for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) in fiscal year 2008. The sign-up now ends on May 30.

The Middle Iowa is located in Grundy, Story, Marshall, Tama, Benton, Linn, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, and Johnson counties in East Central Iowa

West Tarkio Creek Watershed Record of Decision

USDA-NRCS Acting Iowa State Conservationist Al Garner's Record of Decision on plans to go ahead with the West Tarkio Creek Watershed Project. This project affects Montgomery, Fremont and Page Counties in Iowa, and Atchison County, Missouri.   

Sediment Basin to Benefit Elk River, Livestock Production

Thanks to a newly constructed sediment basin built to reduce manure and sediment runoff and increase farm productivity, longtime livestock producer Loren Peters of Clinton County says he now feels good about the environmental condition of the operation he is leaving to his family.

Farmer's Field Day Showcases No-Till

Bill Lucke is so sold on no-till farming that he wants others to see for themselves the time-savings and environmental benefits of no-till. Open to all, he’s hosting a no-till field day June 17 at his farm near Minden, Interstate 80 exit 29.