Popular Conservation Practices Highlight of NRCS Video Series
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[July 19, 2024]
Across Illinois and around the country,
farmers, ranchers and forest landowners are working with USDA’s
Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation
practices across agricultural working lands. These conservation
practices help protect and improve natural resources on their
operations.
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assist land managers in achieving their goals and objectives,
NRCS’s Conservation at Work video series introduces conservation
practices featuring the farmers and landowners using them. The
videos share from the landowner’s perspective how working with
NRCS to install conservation practices such as nutrient
management, no-till and wetland restoration, has benefited their
operations. The series now includes more than 75 videos, with
more on the way, and most are shorter than two minutes.
“By sharing the conservation successes of our customers, we hope
these videos will help educate those already working with NRCS
to conserve natural resources while motivating more farmers and
landowners to consider conservation,” said Illinois NRCS state
conservationist Tammy Willis. “These videos are a great way to
reach the next generation of producers and show them from a
producer’s perspective how conservation practices are making a
lasting difference on operations throughout the country.”
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Housed on YouTube and featured on farmers.gov, the
series was designed with the concept of “show, don’t tell.” The
videos shine the spotlight on farmers, ranchers, and forest
landowners from across the U.S. through their first-person
testimonials as they share their conservation stories, and how
practices are helping them protect and improve natural resources
while saving time and money.
Videos featuring conservation practices that could be helpful to
producers in Illinois include:
•
Cover Crops
• Grassed
Waterway
•
Roof Runoff Structure
[Aaron Patrick
Public Affairs Specialist
USDA NRCS Illinois] |